There isn’t much that people can do to protect themselves completely until the affected websites implement a fix. And in the case of networking equipment, that could be a while.
Here are three things you can do to reduce the threat:
- Change your passwords. This isn’t a full-proof solution. It’ll only help if the website in question has put in place required security patches. You also might want to wait a week and then change them again.
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I just wonder if this is another take over from our wonderful government? Don't be surprised!
It's been reported that the NSA has known about this SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) bug for two years and yes, they themselves have exploited it.
The Heartbleed bug allows anyone on the Internet to read the memory of the systems protected by the vulnerable versions of the OpenSSL software. This compromises the secret keys. As long as the vulnerable version of OpenSSL is in use by a website it can be abused. Service providers have to install the fix as it becomes available for the operating systems, networked appliances and software they use.
In common terms, this is a very, very far & deep reaching exploit that affects everyone using the net.
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