There is serious vulnerability which has been dubbed HeartBleed in the OpenSSL library which is what most sites on the internet use to allow their visitors to connect securely to their websites. On a scale of 1 to 10 when it comes to security vulnerabilities for WordPress site owners, HeartBleed is an 11. Seriously! The bug allows remote attackers to read 64k of memory of systems running the newest versions of openssl which do not contain the fix. That means an attacker can read your servers memory and pluck out usernames, passwords, the secret keys of your SSL/TLS encryption to crack secure communications and other sensitive information. If any of my friends who currently host or run a Wordpress website, please login right now and change your current password, just to be safe! I am currently checking on the status of Vulnerability of my servers.
Posted on: Wed, 09 Apr 2014 14:46:16 +0000
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