Examining the Heartbleed-based FUD that's pitched to the public

  • 25 April 2014
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Heartbleed has created a massive news cycle, and generated technical risk-based discussions that might actually do some good. But some of these discussions boggle the mind.

The Heartbleed vulnerability has created a massive news cycle, and generated technical risk-based discussions that might actually do some good. But some of these discussions boggle the mind, spreading misinformation in order to generate clicks or sales.

When security issues hit the mass media, such as Heartbleed, there is a good deal of Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt – better known as FUD – that gets promoted on the airwaves and in print.
 
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