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Marcus Brinkmann

Marcus Brinkmann received the diploma degree in mathematics from the Ruhr University Bochum, Germany, in 2012 for his work on cryptographic Boolean functions, and is currently pursuing the PhD degree with the Horst-Görtz Institute for IT Security, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany. His research interests also include applied cryptography and practical security of network protocols.

ALPACA attack: Analysing and mitigating cracks in TLS authentication

By Marcus Brinkmann on 10 Nov 2021

Guest Post: Study shows adding a TLS-protected email or FTP server to a network can enable cookie-stealing or cross-site scripting attacks against web servers in the same network.