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Pagyra
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http://heartbleed.com/
The Heartbleed Bug is a serious vulnerability in the popular OpenSSL cryptographic software library. This weakness allows stealing the information protected, under normal conditions, by the SSL/TLS encryption used to secure the Internet. SSL/TLS provides communication security and privacy over the Internet for applications such as web, email, instant messaging (IM) and some virtual private networks (VPNs).

The Heartbleed bug allows anyone on the Internet to read the memory of the systems protected by the vulnerable versions of the OpenSSL software. This compromises the secret keys used to identify the service providers and to encrypt the traffic, the names and passwords of the users and the actual content. This allows attackers to eavesdrop on communications, steal data directly from the services and users and to impersonate services and users.

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Thanks for useful informations, but almost every sites steal your data.. Hard to trust in any in these days

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That comes late though

Changing passwords:
If the website used a vulnerable version of OpenSSL:
1) Make sure the website updated or the bug has been fixed (Heartbeat disabled) > you may want to ask administrators
2) (paranoid people only) Does the website have a newer certificate? (approx. newer than 9-10. april)
3) Change your password
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