Tag Archives: SSL

Earlier this week, the Heartbleed vulnerability was announced causing major online sites to scramble and apply patches to their Open SSL authentication systems.  Open SSL is one method of verifying your username and password for a website and it happens to be one of the most popular, used by as much as 60% of the web.  Due to the fact that Open SSL is so widely used and the vulnerability can allow for an attacker to compromise data without leaving any trace, this “bug” is Continue reading →