Staying in length advance potential security flaws, private Internet access and VPN patched its Web site to protect us and especially our customers the latest Bug. Following reports of attacks by Bash bug named 'shellshock' began to roll in, PIA has taken additional security measures to protect the confidentiality of its customers remained intact. With experts reports of people using the bug looking for ways to take advantage of security breaches, PIA has taken steps to ensure that its customers would not be covered.
With many media said the security threat makes its rounds, the Bash vulnerability allows anyone who can set environment variable values, which are then sent to bash to execute arbitrary code on the machine of the target. TroyHunt.com reports that Bash is a * nix shell or in other words, it is an interpreter that allows the user to orchestrate commands on Unix and Linux systems. These commands normally connect via SSH or Telnet, but can also function as an analyzer for CGI scripts on a Web server, usually seen running on Apache.
Attackers can manipulate environment variables by modifying the header values and Web servers call CGI scripts using these environment variables, which allows the attacker to use variable controls.
September 24 e , the day the vulnerability was disclosed, access to private Internet patched its systems, protect its website and its VPN service any impact this bug. This commitment to our security and hope to the safety of our customers is our priority just another way to say thank you to our clients for private Internet access of your choice for the security of the Internet and browser.
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