McAfee has Free Heartbleed Tool To Check if That Site is Safe

By now most people have hear about Heartbleed. If you haven’t Heartbleed is a serious vulnerability in the core of the Internet and is something we all should be concerned about.

Heartbleed is a twist in encryption software, discovered by security researchers. It creates a vulnerability in OpenSSL and could affect nearly two-thirds of websites online. It can put your personal information at risk by leaking passwords and login names.

To access the free McAfee tool go to: http://tif.mcafee.com/heartbleedtest

‘Heartbleed’ SSL vulnerability causing heartburn for Bitcoin web services

From Silicon Angle

“A major security flaw recently discovered in a popular library for the SSL protocol—the cryptographic underpinning of a bulk of all web transactions—has been discovered that could affect a large number of bitcoin services. The two year old flaw, named “Heartbleed” affects versions of OpenSSL that could weaken the security of encrypted web traffic, which is used to protect sensitive information such as passwords, messages, e-commerce, and banking. As OpenSSL is the most popular library used to implement SSL the implications are rather broad.”

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