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Edited by DELIVER ME MEMES: 4/9/2014 11:44:22 PM
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New "devastating" internet security bug

https://www.yahoo.com/tech/heres-what-you-need-to-know-about-the-heartbleed-bug-82120054478.html TL;DR: OpenSSL software has massive hole in it for 2 years, but has just been detected recently. [quote]Websites that are currently vulnerable to Heartbleed exploits include Yahoo, Comixology, Flickr, Imgur and OculusVR. Many other top sites — including Facebook, Google, Wikipedia, Amazon, Twitter, Apple and Microsoft — are not currently vulnerable, though some may have been in the past.[/quote] what do you think of this? this affects most sites throughout the internet including banks, etc. and to clarify Yahoo's main site is g2g, services like mail are not http://www.forbes.com/sites/jameslyne/2014/04/08/heartbeat-heartbleed-bug-breaks-worldwide-internet-security-again-and-yahoo/ http://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2014/04/09/heartbleed-scare-bad-sounds/4KGq7KIffclo5Y4Eo80YTJ/story.html update: forbes and boston globe link added

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    I saw this on the BBC, Apparently they let the bigger companies and banks know about it and get the patch before it went public. It's good that the main sites are secure again though, but GG for whoever left this open in the first place.

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