Heartbleed

A Bug with a logo!

The famous Heartbleed web security bug is beginning to be fixed all over the web.  First you can check if your bank or office or PayPal is vulnerable by using the tool on this website. 


Second, change the passwords on all your money-related websites if they are NOT vulnerable.  If they still are, then you'll have to change it again after they fix it.  But fixing it twice, once now and again later, is recommended.

These sites are suspected of being victims, so if you're a user, change your passwords here too: gizmodo.com, kotaku.com, lifehacker.com, stratfor.com, inspire.nbn.org.il.

That lifehacker site is pretty useful in normal times.

For more background, you can start with an easy intro by James Fallows. Get practical advice from Brian Krebs.  This is the first big bug in my memory where it not only has its own Logo but its own website.

For a deeper look, the experts all turn to Bruce Schneir, who recommends this insight.

Remember, if the head of the CIA can get hacked and lose his job, then anything can happen to the rest of us.

   Cheers