In case you missed the email, LastPass, one of the most popular password keeper on the planet has got there network security tested recently.
Many users of LastPass should be receiving similar emails as displayed.
It is pretty common for us to have multiple devices, and these multiple devices need to be replaced with newer, faster, cooler devices. If you’re hanging on to your old device for along time, even though you have that latest flashy one that replaced it, you may belong to what is known as gadget obesity.
What is extreme gadget obesity? It’s a general term used by some folks, such as uSell, to describe those households that decide to keep their old, outdated tech items for at least 2 years after their last use.
It seems like whenever there is a major virus outbreak or vulnerability announced, such as the Heartbleed vulnerability, scammers and malicious hackers are not too far behind trying to cash in on the moment and innocent.
Here is a phishing email (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phishing) recently received in one of my not-so-important email accounts. One that is used mainly for signing up for things like demos of products or coupons and promo codes.
Usually those places end up re-selling your email account, thus increase spam/phishing emails directed to that account. So I never use any of my main/important email accounts in those situations and neither should you.
Below is the subject and body of the message, along with a screen capture of what it looked like.
SUBJECT OF SPAM MESSAGE: Heartbleed/OpenSSL vulnerability: password change recommended
BODY OF SPAM MESSAGE: (hyperlinks removed for precaution)
Although April Fools day recently passed, this is no April Fools joke. One of the most major security threats to the internet as a whole was on display for all to see. This vulnerability is listed as “zero-day” because the software developers have had zero days to fix them when the vulnerability was discovered.
On Monday, April 7th, 2014, a major bug in OpenSSL was revealed which allows attackers to read information from the memory from servers that had OpenSSL installed. Roughly 66% of the internet uses this application to secure your data. Northwoods Web Designs uses OpenSSL as well but was not using the version(s) that were vulnerable.
What is the Heartbleed bug?
This security bug takes advantage of a bug in OpenSSL (all programming applications have bugs, yes even Apple and Microsoft), which allows any normal user to read information that was stored in memory without any additional privileges on the server.
When working with a web designer company, such as Northwoods Web Designs, we make sure your site is designed and created to meet your expectations and make sure 3 key pieces of information are presented well on the site for visitors.
Because you know your business and service offerings the best, all content is provided by the client for any website developments.This is the general direction of any website designer company.
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