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Heartbleed

Heartbleed, what and how ? 

Heartbleed is a bug in software commonly used to encrypt sensitive data between Web servers and Web browsers. The bug allows anyone on the Internet to compromise secret keys that Web servers use to encrypt traffic, which allows attackers to eavesdrop on all communication between the Web server and its users – even communication that was encrypted and supposed to be private.

The Heartbleed vulnerability in OpenSSL has sent just about everyone who uses the Web for fun or profit gibbering madly in search of a solution, creating fertile ground for spammers, scammers and marketing types.

The OpenSSL Software Project has issued a fix, and recommends upgrading immediately to OpenSSL 1.0.1g, or to recompile OpenSSL and disable the Heartbeat functionality that caused the vulnerability.

"Be skeptical of unsolicited advice, especially advice that warns of dire consequences for inaction," warned Easy Solutions' Ingevaldson.


"There will be many more discoveries of additional systems vulnerable to Heartbleed in the coming months," Ingevaldson continued. "Unfortunately, many of these systems will be legacy, difficult to patch, or even impossible to patch.

Resources : 
- http://news.rutgers.edu/hot-topic/hot-topic-internet-security-threat-potentially-touches-all-who-%E2%80%98surf-web%E2%80%99/20140416#.U1UwZOaFbdI
- http://www.technewsworld.com/story/80330.html

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