Security flaw let attackers forge PGP signatures

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Security flaw let attackers forge PGP signatures

Security researcher Marcus Brinkmann has discovered a security flaw in GnuPG which potentially allowed attackers to spoof the digital signatures of nearly any person with a public key, Ars Technica reported.

Dubbed SigSpoof, Brinkmann said the vulnerability has the potential to affect a large part of the web’s core infrastructure.
 
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