Exploit Fully Breaks SHA-1, Lowers the Attack Bar

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By EditorDavidJan 18, 2020, 5:34 pm1.8k ptsTrendingInterestingTop
ThreatPost reported on some big research last week: A proof-of-concept attack has been pioneered that "fully and practically" breaks the Secure Hash Algorithm 1 (SHA-1) code-signing encryption, used by legacy computers to sign the certificates that authenticate software downloads and prevent man-in-the-middle…

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