Wondering who has been effected by the heartbleed bug ? Yes, us too. Well the short list looks something like this :-
Facebook, Tumblr, Google, Pintrest, Yahoo, Dropbox, Bitcasa, Boxee
As others have been patched and discovered we will try and keep you posted, until then go and change your password for the services listed above.
Advice from the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) to combat the Heartbleed bug:
1. Change your passwords – but only after the affected website operators and ISP, have implemented the patch to fix the bug. Changing your password before the bug is fixed could compromise your new password.
2. Regularly change your passwords. Depending on how sensitive the application/website is, passwords typically ought to be changed monthly or quarterly.
3. Don’t reuse the same passwords on different websites. Try to use a separate password for each website.
4. Use strong passwords, which are at least eight characters long, are not dictionary words or names and include at least one character from the following groups:
- upper case letters
- lower case letters
- numbers
- special characters, such as punctuation and mathematical symbols (although some websites will not accept these).
- lower case letters
- numbers
- special characters, such as punctuation and mathematical symbols (although some websites will not accept these).
5. Always make use of all authentication options on offer, e.g. a password and letters from a memorable word, or use of a security token or texting a PIN.
Source : telegraph.co.uk