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Title: Safe from Shellshock: How to protect your home computer from the Bash shell bug Post by: HCK on September 27, 2014, 03:00:27 am Safe from Shellshock: How to protect your home computer from the Bash shell bug
<article> <section class="page"> <p> On the surface, the critical “Shellshock” bug (http://www.pcworld.com/article/2687857/bigger-than-heartbleed-shellshock-flaw-leaves-os-x-linux-more-open-to-attack.html) revealed this week sounds devastating. By exploiting a bug in the Bash shell command line tool found in Unix-based systems, attackers can run code on your system—essentially giving them access to your system. Bad guys are already developing exploits (http://www.zdnet.com/first-attacks-using-shellshock-bash-bug-discovered-7000034044/) that use Shellshock to crack your passwords and install DDoS bots on computers. And since Bash shell is borderline ubiquitous, a vast swath of devices are vulnerable to Shellshock: Macs, Linux systems, routers, web servers, “Internet of Things” gizmos, you name it.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/2687763/safe-from-shellshock-how-to-protect-your-home-computer-from-the-bash-shell-bug.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article> Source: Safe from Shellshock: How to protect your home computer from the Bash shell bug (http://www.macworld.com/article/2687763/safe-from-shellshock-how-to-protect-your-home-computer-from-the-bash-shell-bug.html#tk.rss_all) |