Hey Guys, are you aware of the new and biggest scare on the internet of today or not? If not, then stay updated with this issue because may be you are the next target of it… Yes friends, a new bug, known as Heartbleed comes into the internet world these days that secretly steals the protected data of emails, websites and other things related to OpenSSL. Before we can proceed further, first of know what is Heartbleed bug and how it can affect you???
What exactly the Heartbleed bug is?
Heartbleed just sounds frightening! The name depicts to the part of OpenSSL that is defenseless—the heartbeat, a series of communications sent back and forth between websites and devices. The Heartbleed bug facilitates anyone on the web to read the memory of the systems protected by the exposed versions of OpenSSL software. This compromises the secret keys utilized to recognize the service providers and to encode the traffic, the passwords and names of the users and the actual content. This enables attackers to overhear on communications, steal data straightly from the services and users and to take off users and services.
How Heartbleed will affect you?
The Heartbleed bug enables prospective attackers to by-pass the cryptographic security that generally protects Web communications on websites that make use of an open-source version called OpenSSL. In a nutshell, the bug facilitated attackers to catch random bits of details from Web servers—details that could include passwords and usernames, the cryptographic "keys" that protect traffic from snooping eyes, or even the coded "certificates" that websites utilize to authenticate that they are who they say they are.
Who are already being caught by this bug?
A number of well-known websites are already caught because of this vulnerable Heartbleed OpenSSL Bug. Below, is the list of the popular websites that are being affected by this bug:
- Yahoo.com
- Netflix.com
- Zoho.com
- Avast.com
- Shareahollic.com
- Fitbit.com
- Filmaffinity.com
How you can protect yourself from it?
Some of the security measures that assist you in fighting with this bug are as follows:-
- Check to see whether websites you regularly make use of were susceptible to Heartbleed in the first place
- Change your passwords on those websites instantaneously
- Keep track of those websites to conclude if they have patched the bug and re-released their digital certificates
- When one does, change your password again
