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Heartbleed is a security bug in some outdated versions of the OpenSSL cryptography library, which is a widely used implementation of the Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocol. It was introduced into the software in 2012 and publicly disclosed in April 2014.
By Jim Finkle BOSTON, April 10 (Reuters) - Hackers could crack email systems, security firewalls and possibly mobile phones through the "Heartbleed" computer bug, according to security experts who ...
DoublePulsar is a backdoor implant tool developed by the U.S. National Security Agency's (NSA) Equation Group that was leaked by The Shadow Brokers in early 2017. [3] [citation needed] The tool infected more than 200,000 Microsoft Windows computers in only a few weeks, [4] [5] [3] [6] [7] and was used alongside EternalBlue in the May 2017 WannaCry ransomware attack.
Logo representing Heartbleed. OpenSSL is an open-source implementation of Transport Layer Security (TLS), allowing anyone to inspect its source code. [5] It is, for example, used by smartphones running the Android operating system and some Wi-Fi routers, and by organizations including Amazon.com, Facebook, Netflix, Yahoo!, the United States of America's Federal Bureau of Investigation and the ...
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When I think of internet security vulnerabilities, I remember Heartbleed. At the time, it was incredibly scary and impactful (even to me as a kid in High School). It was the first real bug I had witnessed first hand (not being around for the Y2K bug). Problems (1) A massive portion of this article relies on sources from the year 2014.