German scientists say weakness in cipher block chaining mode for XML encryption means secured communications between Web services can now be decrypted, and call for change in encryption standard.

News. Researchers Demo XML Encryption Hack. By William Jackson; 10/25/2011; Researchers last week described a cipher-block chaining (CBC) attack via the XML Encryption standard that could ...

XML Encryption is used widely as part of server-to-server Web services connections to transmit secure information mixed with non-sensitive data, based on cipher-block chaining.

A weakness in XML Encryption can be exploited to decrypt sensitive information, researchers say. XML Encryption is used for securing communications between Web services by many companies ...

A flaw in XML Encryption leaves major Web services vulnerable to potential attack unless Apache, Red Hat, IBM, Microsoft and other major XML framework providers adopt a new standard.