Apr 09

How Heartbleed Works: The Code Behind the Internet’s Security Nightmare

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How Heartbleed Works: The Code Behind the Internet's Security Nightmare

By now you’ve surely heard of Heartbleed, the hole in the internet’s security that exposed countless encrypted transactions to any attacker who knew how to abuse it. But how did it actually work? Once you break it down, it’s actually incredibly simple. And a little hilarious. But mostly terrifying.

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Apr 09

The Simple Secruity Measure That Could’ve Stopped Heartbleed Dead

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The Simple Secruity Measure That Could've Stopped Heartbleed Dead

We learned yesterday of a catastrophic bug, nicknamed "Heartbleed ," that has critically threatened the security of some HTTPS sites since 2011. By some estimates, Heartbleed affects 2 out of 3 web servers on the Internet.

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