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NSA Said to Have Used Heartbleed Bug For Snooping, Exposing Consumers

The U.S. National Security Agency knew for at least two years about a flaw in the way that many websites send sensitive information, now dubbed the Heartbleed bug, and regularly used it to gather critical intelligence, two people familiar with the matter said. The agency’s reported decision to keep the bug secret in pursuit of […] Continue reading →

‘Heartbleed’ Bug Coder: ‘It was a simple programming error’

The coder responsible for the “Heartbleed” bug has expressed regret over the damage caused, but points out that the error itself was “quite trivial.” The German developer who introduced the bug in 2012, identified by the Sydney Morning Herald as Robin Seggelmann, explained that in coding terms the flaw was little more than a minor […] Continue reading →

Millions of Android Devices Vulnerable to Heartbleed Bug

Millions of smartphones and tablets running Google Inc. (GOOG)’s Android operating system have the Heartbleed software bug, in a sign of how broadly the flaw extends beyond the Internet and into consumer devices. While Google said in a blog post on April 9 that all versions of Android are immune to the flaw, it added […] Continue reading →

NSA has been using the Exploit “Heartbleed Bug” for Intelligence Spying

The U.S. National Security Agency knew for at least two years about a flaw in the way that many websites send sensitive information, now dubbed the Heartbleed bug, and regularly used it to gather critical intelligence, two people familiar with the matter said. The NSA’s decision to keep the bug secret in pursuit of national […] Continue reading →

Hostgator’s Response to Heartbleed bug in the open-source cryptography library OpenSSL

You may have now heard of the “Heartbleed Bug.” Before we continue, we want to reassure you that if you are hosting on a HostGator shared or reseller server, that your server has already been patched. For everyone else, HostGator customer or not, we have created the following tool to assist you with determining whether […] Continue reading →