Τι είναι το Chromebleed; The bug heartbleed, which we published on Tuesday and revealed by Google's security researchers, has compromised at least 66% of websites according to the team that discovered it.
Whenever the data (codes access, usernames, etc) sent over the Internet, will be encrypted or converted to code, so that the hackers να έχουν πρόσβαση. Αυτό όμως δεν συμβαίνει αν κάποιος αξιοποιήσει το ελάττωμα Heartbleed. Η ευπάθεια επιτρέψει στους hackers να σπάσουν την κρυπτογράφηση και να έχουν πρόσβαση σε μηνύματα ηλεκτρονικού ταχυδρομείου, κωδικούς πρόσβασης, τα στιγμιαία μηνύματα και άλλα πολλά. Αν ανακαλύφθηκε μόλις, το σφάλμα υπάρχει εδώ και two years.
How can you protect yourself?
You should check whether the websites you are using are vulnerable. To be able to check without having to run scripts manually, you can download a Chrome extension that will do it automatically for you, The Chromebleed, will alert you when a site you visit is not secure.
You can also connect to a webσελίδα which is set up for this very reason to check a site before making a “secure connection.” The website of Filippo Valsorda we had published it since the first day of the announcement.
What else should I do? Keep track of your bank and credit card reports for some unusual activity, as the information that may have leaked could have been used by hackers. Some sites, such as tech news Ars Technica, have asked their users to change their passwords. It would be good to change your passwords anyway. But beware, before you change, check out the site with the Google Chrome plugin mentioned above.