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Heartbleed Vulnerability Also Affects OpenSSL Library in Android 4.1.1 and Certain Apps

Heartbleed Vulnerability Also Affects OpenSSL Library in Android 4.1.1 and Certain Apps | 21st Century Learning and Teaching | Scoop.it
From news.softpedia.com - April 17, 2014 1:36 AM
Recently, a report has emerged on the fact that certain applications available on Android are vulnerable to the Heartbleed Bug, and it seems that more...

Moreover, the team claims that the issue is present even on handsets and tablets that do not run under the affected platform iteration itself. 

They note that 273 applications in Google Play were found to be bundled with the standalone affected OpenSSL library, thus being vulnerable on any device on which they are installed.

“In this list, we see last year’s most popular games, some VPN clients, a security app, a popular video player, an instant message app, a VOIP phone app and many others,” the TrendLabs notes in the aforementioned blog post. 


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Moreover, the team claims that the issue is present even on handsets and tablets that do not run under the affected platform iteration itself. 

They note that 273 applications in Google Play were found to be bundled with the standalone affected OpenSSL library, thus being vulnerable on any device on which they are installed.

“In this list, we see last year’s most popular games, some VPN clients, a security app, a popular video player, an instant message app, a VOIP phone app and many others,” the TrendLabs notes in the aforementioned blog post. 


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Heartbleed Bug—Mobile Apps are Affected Too

Heartbleed Bug—Mobile Apps are Affected Too | 21st Century Learning and Teaching | Scoop.it
From blog.trendmicro.com - April 11, 2014 11:47 AM
All the extended coverage of the Heartbleed flaw begs the question, “Are mobile devices affected by this?” The short answer: yes.


The severity of the Heartbleed bug has led countless websites and servers scrambling to address the issue. And with good reason—a test conducted on Github showed that more than 600 of the top 10,000 sites (based on Alexa rankings) were vulnerable. At the time of the scanning, some of the affected sites included Yahoo, Flickr, OKCupid, Rolling Stone, and Ars Technica.

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All the extended coverage of the flaw begs the question, “Are mobile devices affected by this?” The short answer: yes.

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Mobile apps, like it or not, are just as vulnerable to the Heartbleed Bug as websites are because apps often connect to servers and web services to complete various functions. As our previous blog entry has shown, a sizable number of domains are affected by this vulnerability.

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All the extended coverage of the Heartbleed flaw begs the question, “Are mobile devices affected by this?” The short answer: yes.

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The severity of the Heartbleed bug has led countless websites and servers scrambling to address the issue. And with good reason—a test conducted on Github showed that more than 600 of the top 10,000 sites (based on Alexa rankings) were vulnerable. At the time of the scanning, some of the affected sites included Yahoo, Flickr, OKCupid, Rolling Stone, and Ars Technica.

.

All the extended coverage of the flaw begs the question, “Are mobile devices affected by this?” The short answer: yes.

.

Mobile apps, like it or not, are just as vulnerable to the Heartbleed Bug as websites are because apps often connect to servers and web services to complete various functions. As our previous blog entry has shown, a sizable number of domains are affected by this vulnerability.

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All the extended coverage of the Heartbleed flaw begs the question, “Are mobile devices affected by this?” The short answer: yes.

.

The severity of the Heartbleed bug has led countless websites and servers scrambling to address the issue. And with good reason—a test conducted on Github showed that more than 600 of the top 10,000 sites (based on Alexa rankings) were vulnerable. At the time of the scanning, some of the affected sites included Yahoo, Flickr, OKCupid, Rolling Stone, and Ars Technica.

.

All the extended coverage of the flaw begs the question, “Are mobile devices affected by this?” The short answer: yes.

.

Mobile apps, like it or not, are just as vulnerable to the Heartbleed Bug as websites are because apps often connect to servers and web services to complete various functions. As our previous blog entry has shown, a sizable number of domains are affected by this vulnerability.


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