Open Source

Users, admins, developers: Here’s what to do about Heartbleed

Heartbleed is bad, but you can mitigate its damage, albeit via different approaches for users, admins, and developers

Stop laying the blame for Heartbleed on open source

Security experts acknowledge that open source is the best model for crypto, so how do we drive improvements to the model for creating security-critical infrastructure?

Tests confirm Heartbleed bug can expose server’s private key

Security company CloudFlare said the findings show how dangerous the OpenSSL bug is

Akamai admits its OpenSSL patch was faulty, reissues keys

It took a security researcher 15 minutes to find a hole in Akamai's OpenSSL code tweak, used for a decade to shield customers from the Heartbleed bug

Sony and Google gang up for an illegal video takedown

Sony's drive-by copyright takedown illustrates the harm old business models can do to new approaches like open source

Bitcoin finally pays off — in secure cloud storage

Storj.io wants to use bitcoin's blockchain technology as the basis for cloud storage, with payouts to those who rent space

3 big lessons to learn from Heartbleed

The devastating OpenSSL vulnerability proves the importance of data center orchestration, the wisdom of running older versions, and the need to give back to the OpenSSL project

After Heartbleed: 4 OpenSSL alternatives that work

Website operators will have a hard time dealing with the Heartbleed vulnerability

Patching the vulnerable OpenSSL software is just the first step, security experts say

In Heartbleed’s wake, Comodo cranks out fresh SSL certificates

Comodo's chief technology officer warns it is still very early in the remediation process