Heartbleed Bug On April 7, researchers found a flaw in a popular tool used to secure Internet traffic. That tool, called OpenSSL, is responsible for providing security on the Internet. The bug, named Heartbleed, allows an attacker to capture usernames, passwords, and pretty much any other information.
Apr 09, 2014 'Heartbleed' bug undoes Web encryption, reveals Yahoo A Heartbleed vulnerability tester shows Yahoo to be afflicted by the bug, which can reveal passwords and in principle let others create a bogus version of the Web site. screenshot by Stephen How does the Heartbleed bug work? - Computer Business Review The bug, first spotted by Google Security and Codenomicon, exists in open source software called OpenSSL, which is the standard encryption a lot of websites use to keep your username and password What Heartbleed taught the tech world. Part of what makes the Heartbleed vulnerability so striking—and part of the reason it led to so much soul-searching about how to do a better job with open-source code—is its simplicity.
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Heartbleed bug: worse than feared and could affect Apr 14, 2014 Nmap HeartBleed script does not seem to work over non The Nmap script for HeartBleed (using Nmap v7.40) seems to work only over known ports. Whenever a non-standard port is used, the script does not report anything. nmap -p 46000 --script ssl-heartbleed -script-args vulns.showall -sV x.x.x.x Starting Nmap 7.40 ( https://nmap.org ) at 2018-06-26 03:23 EDT Nmap scan report for x.x.x.x.in-addr.arpa (x.x.x.x) Host is up (0.0048s latency).
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Heartbleed bug: What you need to know - BBC News Apr 10, 2014 Heartbleed Definition Heartbleed is a security hole in OpenSSL that was discovered by the Finnish security firm Codenomicon and publicized on April 7, 2014. OpenSSL is the encryption technology used to create secure website connections over HTTPS , establish VPNs , and encrypt several other protocols . Since OpenSSL is used by roughly two-thirds of web servers , Everything You Need To Know About The Shellshock Bug Oct 02, 2014