[wplug] Critical OpenSSL Bug "Heartbleed"

Bobbie Lynn Eicher bobbie.eicher at gmail.com
Tue Apr 8 16:25:53 EDT 2014


For anyone who hasn't seen the news yet, this is important.

The short version is that they located a VERY serious bug in OpenSSL that
could reveal things like login credentials and encryption keys.

A lot of people are going to need new passwords, and a lot of servers are
going to need new security certificates.

http://heartbleed.com/

A security researcher demonstrated on Yahoo Mail:
http://arstechnica.com/security/2014/04/critical-crypto-bug-exposes-yahoo-mail-passwords-russian-roulette-style/


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