![]() ![]() Fraunhofer researchers in addition to their research, discovered several additional previously unknown TrueCrypt security flaws. One of the serious vulnerabilities reported allowed an application running as a normal user or within a low-integrity security sandbox to elevate privileges to SYSTEM and at times even the kernel. The extremely detailed 77-page analysis (PDF) comes five weeks after Google’s Project Zero security team disclosed two unknown TrueCrypt vulnerabilities, which led thousands into a panic thinking the tool was completely insecure. TrueCrypt, the whole-disk encryption tool used by millions of privacy and security enthusiasts is safer than originally reported, according to a new comprehensive analysis conducted by the Fraunhofer Institute for Secure Information Technology. ![]()
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