Saturday, April 12, 2014

worried about heartbleed lastpass security check has you covered

All those Websites needing new passwords to protect yourself against Heartbleed attacks may look daunting in LastPass' Security Checker, but it's a heck of a lot easier than looking for them by hand.
LastPass has always been an excellent Web browser password management program. In Heartbleed's ugly security aftermath, the company's new Heartbleed-aware Security Check feature turns it into a great password manager.

You see one of the most annoying things about trying to protect yourself against sites that have potentially left you open to Heartbleed-based attacks is that it's not enough for a site to patch its OpenSSL software. It must also update its Secure-Socket Layer (SSL) certificates. Until both steps have been taken it's still won't be safe to update your password.

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