OpenSSL Heartbleed: Expert On Criminal and Government Theories

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News of the OpenSSL Heartbleed bug, which has emerged over the last 48 hours, is arguably one of the most significant developments in the history of the website security industry. The likes of Target, Sony and TK Maxx have all made waves over the past few years, but whereas these were all incidents of a single company being breached, OpenSSL Heartbleed has potentially affected millions of websites.

OpenSSL is the technology behind the TLS/SSL protocol (or padlock icon) that many of us take as a sign of trustworthiness and reputability when browsing the internet. The OpenSSL Heartbleed bug allows unauthorised users to extract data from the server’s memory, 64,000 characters of it to be precise. This could contain usernames, passwords, encryption keys or even credit card information.

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Companies Exposed As 5 in 6 AntiVirus Solutions Fail To Identify Threats

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London UK, Monday 24th March 2014 – Businesses across the globe are becoming dangerously exposed to increasing cyber threats as almost 85% of the world's leading AntiVirus solutions are constantly failing to identify emerging threats.

With an increasing level of technological solutions becoming implemented across the everyday operations of businesses everywhere, cyber-crime is quickly becoming the most prevalent risk to companies, their data, assets and customers. With leading AntiVirus vendors providing an inadequate level of protection for both individuals and businesses alike, the risk to company and client data is being left open to compromise on a daily basis.

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Phishermen: what a poor effort at phishing

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One of the worst attempts I have seen.