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Hi Guys
I'm not to sure if anyone has heard this news, but for awhile now there has been a big security threat with the internet where many websites and services we use everyday on the net.
Here is some information i have taken from this article regarding about this new internet threat.
An encryption flaw called the Heartbleed bug is already being called one of the biggest security threats the Internet has ever seen. The bug has affected many popular websites and services — ones you might use every day, like Gmail and Facebook — and could have quietly exposed your sensitive account information (such as passwords and credit card numbers) over the past two years.
But it hasn't always been clear which sites have been affected. Mashable reached out some of the most popular social, email, banking and commerce sites on the web. We've rounded up their responses below.
Some Internet companies that were vulnerable to the bug have already updated their servers with a security patch to fix the issue. This means you'll need to go in and change your passwords immediately for these sites. Even that is no guarantee that your information wasn't already compromised, but there's also no indication that hackers knew about the exploit before this week. The companies that are advising customers to change their passwords are doing so as a precautionary measure.
Although changing your password regularly is always good practice, if a site or service hasn't yet patched the problem, your information will still be vulnerable.
Also, if you reused the same password on multiple sites, and one of those sites was vulnerable, you'll need to change the password everywhere. It's not a good idea to use the same password across multiple sites, anyway.
Here is the news source link i found which also includes the sites list that are affected and are not affected:
Even if the website on the list says that this bug didn't affect it, its still best that you change it anyways, just to be safe even if you use a different browser.
and If anyone is using Internet Explorer, please use alternative browsers until Microsoft Fixes this flaw in there browser but for Windows Xp users, please never use IE browser ever again cause MS won't be patching it for XP users cause it no longer supports a 12 or 13 year old system anymore.
I hope all the information above helps :big hug:
I'm not to sure if anyone has heard this news, but for awhile now there has been a big security threat with the internet where many websites and services we use everyday on the net.
Here is some information i have taken from this article regarding about this new internet threat.
An encryption flaw called the Heartbleed bug is already being called one of the biggest security threats the Internet has ever seen. The bug has affected many popular websites and services — ones you might use every day, like Gmail and Facebook — and could have quietly exposed your sensitive account information (such as passwords and credit card numbers) over the past two years.
But it hasn't always been clear which sites have been affected. Mashable reached out some of the most popular social, email, banking and commerce sites on the web. We've rounded up their responses below.
Some Internet companies that were vulnerable to the bug have already updated their servers with a security patch to fix the issue. This means you'll need to go in and change your passwords immediately for these sites. Even that is no guarantee that your information wasn't already compromised, but there's also no indication that hackers knew about the exploit before this week. The companies that are advising customers to change their passwords are doing so as a precautionary measure.
Although changing your password regularly is always good practice, if a site or service hasn't yet patched the problem, your information will still be vulnerable.
Also, if you reused the same password on multiple sites, and one of those sites was vulnerable, you'll need to change the password everywhere. It's not a good idea to use the same password across multiple sites, anyway.
Here is the news source link i found which also includes the sites list that are affected and are not affected:
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Even if the website on the list says that this bug didn't affect it, its still best that you change it anyways, just to be safe even if you use a different browser.
and If anyone is using Internet Explorer, please use alternative browsers until Microsoft Fixes this flaw in there browser but for Windows Xp users, please never use IE browser ever again cause MS won't be patching it for XP users cause it no longer supports a 12 or 13 year old system anymore.
I hope all the information above helps :big hug:
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