- A new bug dubbed ‘Shell Shock’ is claimed to be worse than Heartbleed, a bug found earlier this year that affected almost every device.
- Shell Shock is said to enable hackers to exploit a vulnerability in ‘Bash’, the Unix shell used by millions of computers, web servers and internet-connected devices such as light bulbs and thermostats!
- Using the exploit, a hacker could take control of a device such as a web camera or web server and use it to steal information.
- It’s said that as the bug allows for remote-command execution, it’s the worst class of bug. Bash is one of the few applications that is integrated everywhere.
Read more:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/24/new-bash-software-bug-m_n_5878398.html
http://gizmodo.com/why-the-shellshock-bash-bug-could-be-even-worse-than-he-1639047786
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