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What is heartbleed?

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Heartbleed in an exploit in SSL I believe. It allows hackers to play middle man in your SSL encrypted connections. I think its been around for a while and is caused by outdated SSL certificates

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I know it invloves data stealing.

 

Is it a software?

A software vulnerability?

An event?

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I believe it is a vulnerabillity

Hope I could help!

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This is a good explanation...

 

http://www.engadget.com/2014/04/12/heartbleed-explained/

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Heartbleed in an exploit in SSL I believe. It allows hackers to play middle man in your SSL encrypted connections. I think its been around for a while and is caused by outdated SSL certificates

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