Heartbleed still a critical threat
Cyber attackers have been quick to exploit the Hearbleed OpenSSL bug, to the tune of hundreds of thousand attacks per day in the week after the public revelation of its …
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CHS hackers exploited the Heartbleed bug
The recent massive Community Health Systems breach, which resulted in the compromise of personal information of some 4.5 million patients, was executed by exploiting the …
97% of Global 2000 remain vulnerable to due to Heartbleed
97 percent of Global 2000 organizations’ public-facing servers remain vulnerable to cyber attacks due to incomplete Heartbleed remediation, according to Venafi. This …
40% of orgs running VMware still susceptible to Heartbleed
More than three months have passed since the discovery of the OpenSSL Heartbleed bug, and many systems are still vulnerable. According to data collected by data analytics …
Unpatched OpenSSL holes found on Siemens ICSs
A number of Siemens industrial products have been found sporting four vulnerabilities in their OpenSSL implementation, which could lead to man-in-the-middle (MitM) attacks or …
Oracle delivers 113 updates
Oracle’s Quarterly Critical Patch Update (CPU) is never a minor event. In April we saw 104 security issues addressed, in January it was 144. This time around we are …
Drastic decline in vulnerable NTP servers due to Heartbleed?
In light of the escalation of DDoS attacks used as a means of extorting money from online businesses, the news that there has been a significant decrease in vulnerable Network …
Beware of emails offering bogus HeartBleed removal tool
Malware peddlers are taking advantage of the fact that the existence of the Heartbleed bug has breached the confines of the cyber security world and has entered the awareness …
Cupid exploits Heartbleed bug on WiFi networks and Android
Nearly two months have passed since the public revelation of the Heartbleed bug affecting the widely used open source cryptographic library OpenSSL. The reaction of the …
Some industrial systems still vulnerable to Heartbleed
The danger from Heartbleed has passed for most Internet users, but operators of Industrial Control Systems (ICS) are not that lucky. The US ICS CERT has issued on Tuesday an …
Despite hearing about Heartbleed, 47% have not changed their passwords
In light of the recent Heartbleed bug, LifeLock announced survey results that reveal consumers’ behavior and attitudes surrounding the security flaw. The recent survey, …
A month after Heartbleed, many servers are still vulnerable
A month has passed since the existence of the OpenSSL Heartbleed bug has been shared with the public. Given that this open-source implementation of the SSL and TLS protocols …