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'Malicious Server Threat Model' Threatens 'Zero Knowledge Encryption' GuaranteesClaims by leading stand-alone password managers that their implementation of "zero knowledge encryption" means stored passwords can withstand the worst of hacker assaults are vastly overblown, say academic security researchers. They said vendors are in the process of patching the flaws they found.

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Linux Crash Dump Flaws Expose Passwords, Encryption Keys

Race-Condition Bugs in Ubuntu and Red Hat Tools Could Leak Sensitive Memory DataHackers could exploit a tool that stores crashed system data in older Linux operating systems to obtain passwords and encryption keys, warn researchers. The flaw lies in the way certain Linux distributions, including Ubuntu, Red Hat, and Fedora, handle application crashes.

A senior research scientist at Google has devised new CPU attacks to exploit a vulnerability dubbed Downfall that affects multiple Intel microprocessor families and allows stealing passwords, encryption keys, and private data like emails, messages, or banking info from users that share the same computer. [...]