A new exploit has been discovered for Unix-based systems that some experts are claiming could be more harmful than the SSL bug, Heartbleed, which was discovered earlier this year. This new exploit is called ‘the bash bug' and allows users to take control of Bourne Again Shell (Bash), the software used …
Read More »Over 300,000 servers still vulnerable to Heartbleed bug
More than 300,000 servers are still vulnerable to the Heartbleed bug as websites aren't bothering to patch it up. So far, only 9000 servers were patched last month, leaving behind plenty of vulnerable servers. We've known about Heartbleed for a while now, since security researcher, Robert David Graham, warned the Internet …
Read More »The first Heartbleed hacker has been arrested
The Heartbleed bug has been around for a couple of years but it caused quite a stir when it was publicly revealed last week. However, there had been no reports of people abusing the bug until now, a Canadian hacker has become the first person to get arrested for abusing …
Read More »Heartbleed is a big problem, but don’t knee jerk react
Heartbleed is bad. For those that haven't heard yet, it's a security flaw that's potentially opened up as many as two thirds of the world's websites to digital thieves and the worst part is that the flaw has existed for over two years. However, while many parts of the web …
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