2. This presentation focuses on:
1. What is HeartBleed?
2. How does it affect us?
3. Who are affected from it?
4. How to Self – Protect
from HeartBleed?
3. What is heart bleed?
By definition “HeartBleed is a
bug in OpenSSL that
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”. To make
it simple it is similar to
“Locking your house with a
lock (without your knowledge)
whose keys are readily
available in market “.
4. How does it affect us?
Now coming to “How does it
affect me?”. Since OpenSSL
comprises of internet’s 56%
of secure (those with https)
websites, chances are you are
directly or indirectly affected
by it. Since it was discovered
by Google’s Security Team
and researchers found it
before anyone reportedly did
so worries should be less
here.
5. Who are affected from it?
There is a long list of
websites being affected
by it and many are
constantly updating the
OpenSSL version. But
below is the
comprehensive list of
mega brands affected by
this HeartBleed bug.
14. Protection from HeartBleed by Sunrise PC Support
As for protection against the bug it is
recommended that you should listen to the official
announcements of websites you use. After that
change the password and as an extra measure have
an eagle’s eye on your accounts for any suspicious
activity. And you may check vulnerability of any
URL by HeartBleed Checker by LastPass.
15. For any issue, problem, support and latest
scam alerts follow @
twitter.com/sunrisepcsuppor
and
call us Toll free @
1 – 888 – 502 – 1607
