You might have heard about Heartbleed, which is the\u00a0name given to yet another recent security problem. Briefly, the problem was a bug in software that\u00a0has been\u00a0used for website security by many people.<\/p>\n
And yes, Yahoo.com and many other common sites have\u00a0had the problem, so if you have used\u00a0those usernames and passwords anywhere else, pay attention.<\/p>\n
Read it about it here:<\/p>\n
http:\/\/news.msn.com\/science-technology\/how-to-tell-if-heartbleed-could-have-stolen-your-password-and-when-it%e2%80%99s-safe-to-change-it<\/a><\/p>\n Then come back and check the list below and read about it\u00a0in today’s Portland Biz Journal:<\/p>\n http:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/portland\/blog\/2014\/04\/after-massive-heartbleed-security-breach-portland.html?ana=e_du_pub&s=article_du&ed=2014-04-09&u=zgSD4d+pX4SRgPIGOndEtwXfJFA&t=1397146424&page=all<\/a><\/p>\n I grabbed the list of over 600\u00a0vulnerable sites from the link in the first article\u00a0 alphabetized it, then\u00a0deleted most of the sites leaving a few examples of sites that you (I) would think they really should have known better. But it just goes to show you that really smart people from big and small companies\u00a0use the “off the shelf” software that other people trust.\u00a0Have a look and be shocked.<\/p>\n androidcentral.com.<\/p>\n androidpit.com.<\/p>\n androidpit.de.<\/p>\n arstechnica.com.<\/p>\n bittorrent.com.<\/p>\n breitbart.com.<\/p>\n cabelas.com.<\/p>\n cplusplus.com.<\/p>\n duckduckgo.com.<\/p>\n economist.com.<\/p>\n flickr.com.<\/p>\n fool.com.<\/p>\n graphicstock.com.<\/p>\n heritage.org.<\/p>\n kaspersky.com.<\/p>\n mail.com.<\/p>\n nascar.com.<\/p>\n resellerratings.com.<\/p>\n reverbnation.com.<\/p>\n rollingstone.com.<\/p>\n searchfunmoods.com.<\/p>\n shopzilla.com.<\/p>\n thestreet.com.<\/p>\n thewire.com.<\/p>\n toshiba.com.<\/p>\n weather.gov.<\/p>\n wisegeek.com.<\/p>\n wisegeek.org.<\/p>\n yahoo.com.<\/p>\n zagat.com.<\/p>\n zap2it.com.<\/p>\n So yeah, it looks like I’ll have to change my nascar.com password too.<\/p>\n If you’re not using KeePass or LastPass or another encrypted password program to make new passwords and keep track of\u00a0them, it’s time to start. Many of my passwords are pure gobbledygook that KeePass created for me.<\/p>\n And, in the words of Han Solo, “It’s not my fault.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" You might have heard about Heartbleed, which is the\u00a0name given to yet another recent security problem. Briefly, the problem was a bug in software that\u00a0has been\u00a0used for website security by many people. And yes, Yahoo.com and many other common sites have\u00a0had the problem, so if you have used\u00a0those usernames and passwords anywhere else, pay attention. … Continue reading Heartbleed: yet another security problem<\/span>