---
id: 4285
title: "In Heartbleed’s Wake: A Password Primer"
source_domain: bishopfox.com
source_url: "https://bishopfox.com/blog/heartbleeds-wake-password-primer"
published_at: "2014-09-16T00:00:00Z"
tags: ["authentication", "openssl", "best-practices", "security-awareness", "passwords", "heartbleed"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/4285"
lang: en
---

# In Heartbleed’s Wake: A Password Primer

## Summary

Bishop Fox's Christie Terrill revisits password security after Heartbleed: the OpenSSL bug leaked server memory holding keys and credentials, and leading practices limit the damage of such exposures.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** bishopfox.com
- **Published:** 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z
- **Original:** https://bishopfox.com/blog/heartbleeds-wake-password-primer
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/4285