You may have heard about a little bug called Heartbleed.
In case you haven’t, it’s the biggest security vulnerability since the birth of the Internet.
While most companies have already updated their systems, you should always get into a good habit of changing your passwords on a regular basis.
I know this is harder said than done. Most of us are guilty of using the same, simple passwords on multiple websites and don’t bother to ever change them unless it’s forced upon us.
And who can blame us? My brain isn’t capable of remembering hundreds of passwords (the number of saved passwords I have on Lastpass is 567).
Lastpass itself was potentially affected by Heartbleed as well.
What you can do right now
Use this convenient tool https://lastpass.com/heartbleed/to check if the websites you use were affected.
If so, change your login password for that site immediately.
Fortunately, virtually all banks seem to be clear. But it’s probably wise to change the passwords you use for your financial institutions anyway.
Is Your Company Safe?
If you’d like, feel free to contact Intelinet if you think you were affected by Heartbleed, or if you’re not sure.
Open Source to blame?
No, no, and no.
There are a lot of people pointing the blame at open source, but I think that’s irresponsible.
If we’re to truly learn from this, it’s the policies and our own security processes that need to be investigated.
For more information
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2456884,00.asp
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/04/21/heartbleed-bug-poll_n_5175663.html
http://mashable.com/2014/04/09/heartbleed-bug-websites-affected/
