Friday, April 11, 2014

Public Service Announcement: Change Passwords!

According to the news today, there were some security problems when several websites used a security patch update.

http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2014/04/11/heartbleed-vulnerability-prompts-need-to-monitor-web-use-dhs-says/

Everyone should change their passwords IMMEDIATELY for programs such as Facebook, Google (Blogger too), Etsy, WordPress, Yahoo (including Flickr), Instagram.

For a handy table list to go over, to see if any of the websites you use are affected:

http://mashable.com/2014/04/09/heartbleed-bug-websites-affected/

They are advising: if the chart says unclear, might be affected, or yes, change your password immediately.

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