University of Michigan scientists have found they could foil RSA authentication by varying the voltage supply to the holder of the private key, which would be the consumer s device in the case of copy protection. It is highly unlikely that a hacker could use this approach on a large institution, the researchers say. The researchers say it is unlikely that this approach could be used on large institutions such as banks, retailers or banks. Read the full article by the researchers at Michigan University.
Source: https://threatpost.com/researchers-find-flaw-rsa-authentication-030410/73629/