Wednesday
Apr162014
Heart Bleed
Wednesday, April 16, 2014 at 8:01AM A recent message sent to our customers...
URGENT!
Dear customer,
You may have heard about the Heart Bleed bug in the news lately. We wanted to give you a brief explanation and tell you what you should do.
What is the Heart Bleed bug?
When you go to a secure website (the ones that show a lock in your browser, and also have httpS:// in front of website name, you are establishing a secure encrypted connection. These use to be just sites that were taking credit card information but many major sites encrypt your connection all the time now (Google, Facebook, Twitter, etc.).
A problem has been found one some of the software that is used to do this. This problem, without getting into the technical explanation, could allow an attacked to get information from the server (the site your connecting to) such as your password to that site. While just discovered, this problem has been around for about 2 years and affects about 18% of the encrypted websites on the internet.
This has been know for over a week, why should I react now?
Since it took some companies days to correct (some are still not corrected), changing your password while the problem still existed was pointless as an attacked would actually know what you changed your password to. Now that the problem is getting fixed all over the internet, its time to change passwords.
Do I have to change all my passwords?
No. But you should for major websites that either said they have the problem and fixed it or even if they didn't acknowledge it but are important sites such as banks.
Which sites specifically should i change passwords for?
Google (Gmail), Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Yahoo, GoDaddy, Mine Craft, Netflix, All Banks to be safe!) (More at http://tinyurl.com/HeartBleedList) You can also go to https://lastpass.com/heartbleed/ and enter a website to test if it is fixed and then change your password.
Most Importantly, your password needs to be a good one. No names, dictionary words, birth dates. Passwords should be at least 12 characters and contain Uppercase, lowercase, numbers and symbols. If you have to, write it down and keep it safe. Google Examples are "jh767!@#ds3D" or "BLUe55!$cAT!". If you want something easy to remember, use words but make it long (e.g. "WALKINGmydogis2tiring$$")
We all depend on the internet for our daily lives. Passwords may be a hassle but its better then dealing with a hacked bank account or stolen identity.
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