Heartbleed

Gloucester City Council Confirms ‘Cyber Incident’

Council IT services hit by so called 'sleeper' malware, with media reports pointing the finger of blame at Russian hackers

3 years ago

US Charges Extradited Russian Over Massive Hacking Scheme

Georgian Andrei Tyurin was allegedly part of the hacking ring that breached JPMorgan Chase and other US financial firms, making…

6 years ago

Recent Cloud Issues Show Security Can Fail Dramatically

CloudBleed and TicketBleed showed how cloud services, while usually more secure, can fail significantly. Will they turn off companies to…

8 years ago

Heartbleed OpenSSL Bug Is Still Alive And Kicking & Affects 200,000 Services

Nearly 200,000 services are still at risk from the OpenSSL bug, with majority coming from the US

8 years ago

Mozilla Splashes £350,000 On SOS Open Source Security Fund

Firefox creator wants to save open source by starting fund to help community prevent security threats

8 years ago

Linux Foundation: Security Challenges Threaten ‘Golden Age’ Of Open Source

Jim Zemlin, executive director of the Linux Foundation, addresses the challenges facing open source technology and CII's plans to make…

9 years ago

Heartbleed ‘Still Affects’ 200,000 Devices

Figures from IoT search engine Shodan suggest not all devices have been patched while experts ponder whether Heartbleed will ever…

9 years ago

OpenSSL Delivers Patch To Fix Critical Vulnerability

New version of OpenSSL arrives to address a single ‘high severity’ vulnerability

9 years ago

Incoming OpenSSL Patch Draws Heartbleed Comparisons

OpenSSL patch will fix 'high severity' vulnerability, but no other details are known

9 years ago

Linux Foundation Invests $452,000 in Open Source Security Projects

The Linux Foundation's Core Infrastructure Initiative (CII) is funding three projects aimed at helping to improve security for open-source code

9 years ago

Mobile App Flaw Exposes ‘Billions’ Of Records

Heartbleed-like security flaw found in thousands of top Android and iOS apps

9 years ago

What Can We Learn From Our Cyber Security Mistakes?

Carl Leonard, principal security analyst at Websense, explains how cyber attacks in the past year have affected businesses

10 years ago

Heartbleed a Year Later: How the Security Conversation Changed

BLOG: In the year since Heartbleed's discovery, there is more scrutiny than ever on OpenSSL and critical infrastructure overall.

10 years ago

What Is The Shellshock Bug And Should You Be Worried?

A serious vulnerability in Bash has been discovered in OS X. They say it's as bad as Heartbleed, but is…

10 years ago

Hacked US Hospital Operator Thought To Be Victim Of Heartbleed

TrustedSec says hackers got into Community Health Systems database through unpatched Juniper equipement

10 years ago

BoringSSL: Google Creates Its Own OpenSSL After Heartbleed Pain

Google isn't changing the world with BoringSSL, it's just creating its own version of OpenSSL for its own products

10 years ago

OpenSSL Patch Issued To Prevent Another Heartbleed

New flaws in OpenSSL detected and quickly patched to prevent another Heartbleed vulnerability

10 years ago

The Impact Of Heartbleed On Open Source Security

Thanks to Heartbleed open source software will be better engineered and more secure, says Steve Nice, CTO at Reconnix

11 years ago

Industry Leaders Respond To ‘Heartbleed’ Crisis With Infrastructure Drive

Companies including Amazon, Cisco and Google are contributing to an initiative that will target underfunded open source projects such as…

11 years ago

iOS 7.1.1 Adds Touch ID Improvements And Fixes SSL Vulnerability

Apple adds usability improvements and security fixes in iOS 7.1.1, including an SSL flaw not related to Heartbleed

11 years ago

Android Users Downloaded 220m Apps Containing Heartbleed Bug

Updates have reduced the number of vulnerable apps, but millions still running flawed software on Android

11 years ago

Heartbleed: Websites Are Patched, But VPNs Still At Risk

The Heartbleed OpenSSL flaw is fixed on websites - but security firms have spotted attacks on SSL VPNs, warns Sean…

11 years ago

Canadian Police Make First Heartbleed Hack Arrest

The first arrest over attacks using the Heartbleed vulnerability has been announced in Canada following a hit on the country's…

11 years ago

How To Use Money To Prevent The Next Heartbleed

Support open source with time and money, stop a repeat of the Heartbleed OpenSSL flaw, says Seean Michael Kerner

11 years ago

Heartbleed Hackers Hit Mumsnet

Canadian tax authority also compromised, as Heartbleed affects masses of companies

11 years ago

NSA Denies Prior Knowledge Of Heartbleed Vulnerability

The Office of the Director of National Intelligence says disclosing the vulnerability would be “in the national interest”

11 years ago

BlackBerry Plans Heartbleed Patches But Says Its Own Phones Unaffected

BlackBerry works on Heartbleed patches for some services, but says its own handsets, BES 10 and its infrastructure aren't affected

11 years ago

The Heartbleed Lesson: Open Source Needs Attention

Heartbleed happened because web giants thought that open source provided them with a free ride, says Wayne Rash

11 years ago

Private Keys Can Be Pilfered With Heartbleed Exploits

CloudFlare challenge to steal private keys via Heartbleed flaw finds a handful of winners

11 years ago