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The Heartbleed security flaw, characterized by its cool logo, has been almost impossible to ignore for the past two weeks, as traditional and social media have breathlessly reported that it could infect as many as two-thirds of all web sites.

Brands and businesses are not implementing the security measures needed to protect assets, such as backing up data

So here’s some sort-of good news: Cybercriminals might be just as freaked out about the Heartbleed bug as the rest of us. Trend Micro analyst J.D. Sherry writesthat revelations about the gaping hole in the Open SSL, the security protocol used to encrypt web traffic, have caused “shell shock in the Deep Web as many of the hidden services within the TOR (The Onion Router) are impacted as well.”

McAfee seen as speediest in adding blocking protections to stop malware

As time passes, it becomes more and more obvious that almost no-one is safe from the danger created by the existence of the OpenSSL Heartbleed bug.