OpenSSL updates released on Tuesday patch a dozen vulnerabilities, including a high-severity remote code execution flaw.

OpenSSL is a powerful Secure Sockets Layer cryptographic library. Apache uses it for HTTPS encryption, and OpenSSH uses it for SSH encryption. But, you don't have to use it as a library. It's also a ...

Update1: A few hours after this article was published, OpenBSD founder Theo de Raadt emailed Ars and wrote: “It is way overblown. This will never happen in real code.” The vulnerability, cataloged as ...

Debian, especially its stable branch, is widely regarded as perhaps the most bulletproof Linux distribution. Debian also has the not undeserved reputation of being difficult for those new to Linux to ...

A Linux Foundation project inspired by the Heartbleed security flaw announced that it will fund a security audit for the OpenSSL code base and the salaries of two full-time developers. The Heartbleed ...

Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) is a critical technology in today's computer oriented world. Without it there would be no secure e-commerce transactions or secure connections. Remember the days when ...

The Linux Foundation, which supports the Linux operating system and other open-source projects, is giving the open-source encryption protocol that contained the Heartbleed vulnerability some tough ...

An update for openssl is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 Advanced Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 Telco Extended Update Support, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 Update ...