Shellshock Virus 10 out 10 threat says US National Cyber Security Division

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Reported in today's Independent UK national newspaper.
"A computer bug which could allow hackers to take control of hundreds of millions of devices all over the world has been discovered forcing governments to take immediate steps to protect their critical infrastructure.
The security bug dubbed Shellshock was found inside a piece of software called Bash, which is used by Apple Mac operating system as well as Linus systems and internet servers relied upon by governments, banks and the military,
Last night, cyber security experts suggested people should stop using their credit cards for online purchases until a solution to the bug which has existed for more than 20 years, is found and distribute."
 

Barry2013

VIP/Donor
Oct 12, 2013
2,305
487
418
Essex UK
Reported in today's Independent UK national newspaper.
"A computer bug which could allow hackers to take control of hundreds of millions of devices all over the world has been discovered forcing governments to take immediate steps to protect their critical infrastructure.
The security bug dubbed Shellshock was found inside a piece of software called Bash, which is used by Apple Mac operating system as well as Linus systems and internet servers relied upon by governments, banks and the military,
Last night, cyber security experts suggested people should stop using their credit cards for online purchases until a solution to the bug which has existed for more than 20 years, is found and distribute."
Not sure if they are directly connected but have received recently a lot of updates to my Norton 360 anti virus etc including a just applied patch as part of a 15mb update.
 

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