Tag: heartbleed
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NSA Knew About Heartbleed, Exploited It for Two Years
As predicted, the huge Internet security vulnerability was used by the NSA. We should not be surprised, but furious from salon.com: As soon as Heartbleed — the grave and widespread vulnerability which has for two years plagued Internet security — was discovered this week, skeptical and speculating eyes looked to the NSA. Some corners of…
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#Heartbleed Bug: Passwords, Credit Cards, Sensitive Data at Risk
from ibnlive.in.com: Passwords, credit cards and other sensitive data are at risk after security researchers discovered a problem with an encryption technology used to securely transmit email, e-commerce transactions, social networking posts and other Web traffic. Security researchers say the threat, known as Heartbleed, is serious, partly because it remained undiscovered for more two years.…