Friday, April 11, 2014

How to Protect Yourself from the Heartbleed Bug

Heartbleed is a recently discovered bug in OpenSSL that allows anyone to access and read any encrypted data sent between your computer and a server; disclosing usernames, passwords, and other confidential information. The chance that one or more of your online accounts is compromised because of this bug is very high; OpenSSL is used by over 60% of websites worldwide to encrypt personal data. This article will help you protect yourself from attackers who may have exploited this bug to gain your confidential data.


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