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04-14-2014, 10:34 PM
http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/b13aXKI.lW9H0iHKtrmXJg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/BGR_News/screen-shot-2013-05-14-at-9-34-03-am.png (http://news.yahoo.com/not-even-blackberry-escape-heartbleed-bug-014532144.html)Here’s how you know that Heartbleed is a serious and widespread problem: Even BlackBerry is scrambling to push out patches for it. Although BlackBerry prides itself with being the world’s leader in mobile security, Reuters reports that it was caught flat-footed by the Heartbleed bug just like everyone else and is now planning “to release security updates for messaging-software-for Android and iOS devices by Friday to address vulnerabilities in programs” exposed by the massive new security flaw. Heartbleed is-a major flaw in-OpenSSL, the security protocol used to encrypt web traffic, that could potentially-allow hackers to swipe any data that users send over the web. News about the bug sent shockwaves throughout the tech industry last week as companies are now



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