Guest hilaryfan80 Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 For those who don't know what this is, it's a huge massive bug that was discovered on every website on the Internet that uses OpenSSL. Basically, if you went to a https:// website, you were using OpenSSL. This bug did not just exploit SBC: it also exploited Yahoo and other website around the world. It's a huge deal! The "Heartbleed" bug is an exploit that was found that allows an attacker to find out your password just by attacking it. The bug is so simple that someone had made a website that uses it and tells you if the website is exploited. Note the "mbology" in it - this is a huge deal! In order to combat this, I made an emergency shutdown on SBC and upgraded the server as soon as I found out. Now it's fixed. I wanted to make a topic about this to warn everyone that if you used a password on SBC that you use for other important things (e.g. bank account), you may want to change your other accounts' passwords. SBC may not be as important, but if your password was compromised, then that can spell out trouble in other areas. Thank you for reading this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJ Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 That's kind of scary. I can't believe I hadn't heard of this until now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbl Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 AND THEN EVERYBODY-oh wait, you fixed it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crushingmayhem Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 I didn't know of this but glad to know that its not affecting us right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpongeOddFan Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 glad that bug is fixed for now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdfr03 Posted April 11, 2014 Share Posted April 11, 2014 Did it infect me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest hilaryfan80 Posted April 12, 2014 Share Posted April 12, 2014 Did it infect me? There's no way of knowing. It could be on SBC, it could be on Facebook, it could be on a lot of other websites -- or you got lucky and it didn't do anything to you! Either way, I recommend changing the passwords of important websites. While you're at it, I highly recommend giving LastPass a go for your passwords. It lets you have complex, bulletproof passwords without you having to remember them and giving security to every website. It's amazing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wumbo Posted April 12, 2014 Share Posted April 12, 2014 Guys, definitely change your Facebook, Tumblr, and Google+ passwords. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steel Sponge Posted April 12, 2014 Share Posted April 12, 2014 Guys, definitely change your Facebook, Tumblr, and Google+ passwords. Good thing I don't have any of those. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCM Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 Good thing I don't have any of those. I do have Yahoo Mail, which was apparently exploited, so that's what I get for using Yahoo Mail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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