Tuesday, March 09, 2010

1024-bit RSA encryption cracked by carefully starving CPU of electricity -- Engadget

1024-bit RSA encryption cracked by carefully starving CPU of electricity Wow. This one is going to have some repercussions.

"By fluctuating the voltage to the CPU such that it generated a single hardware error per clock cycle, they found that they could cause the server to flip single bits of the private key at a time, allowing them to slowly piece together the password. "