Sparky Marky Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 A bug in software used by millions of web servers could have exposed anyone visiting sites they hosted to spying and eavesdropping, say researchers. The bug is in a software library used in servers, operating systems and email and instant messaging systems. Called OpenSSL the software is supposed to protect sensitive data as it travels back and forth. It is not clear how widespread exploitation of the bug has been because attacks leave no trace. Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-26935905 The Heartbleed bug allows anyone on the Internet to read the memory of the systems protected by the vulnerable versions of the OpenSSL software. This compromises the secret keys used to identify the service providers and to encrypt the traffic, the names and passwords of the users and the actual content. This allows attackers to eavesdrop on communications, steal data directly from the services and users and to impersonate services and users Source: http://heartbleed.com/ EDIT: Noticed on Frontpage https://www.neowin.net/news/openssl-affected-by-heartbleed-zero-day-vulnerability Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shinji257 Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 My server is patched already. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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