An estimated 65 percent of all sites on the Web are affected, and major companies have scrambled to issue patches.
Despite most major sites being patched quickly, Heartbleed has been around for at least three years, meaning your passwords and other personal data could be have stolen at some point, well before the patches. There are a number of tools for checking if a site you have been using is, or has been, vulnerable. One such tool is LastPass Heartbleed checker.
As an added protection if you use the Chrome browser, there is a new plugin that will automatically let you know if the site you are visiting is still vulnerable, and will also place a Heartbleed logo next to Google search results.
Try the plugin here and check the infographic below. Worth noting, however, is Google's response here:
Written by: Andre Yoskowitz @ 16 Apr 2014 14:00
