Computer Virus ' Heartbleed ' Create a World Panic

A computer virus called " Heartbleed " has caused a major security problem on the Internet for exposing the data to the hackers . Internet security experts warned not to do a lot of Internet users to protect themselves from the virus , at least until the pages are vulnerable enhance the security of their software .

Researchers have observed a sophisticated hacking groups that perform automatic scanning on the Internet to search for Web servers or computer systems that run the Internet password program known as OpenSSL , which makes them vulnerable to data theft , including keywords , secret communications and credit card numbers .

OpenSSL uses about two- thirds of the web server , but the problem was not detected for about two years .

Kurt Baumgartner , a researcher at security software maker Kaspersky Lab , said his company found evidence Monday ( 7/4 ) that several groups of hackers are believed to be involved in cyber espionage have state -sponsored run the scan shortly after news of the virus appears on the same .