Shellshock affecting million of computer using bash

Discovery of new tec bug which is deadly and potentially affecting hundreds of millions of computers.

The flaw has been found in a software component known as Bash, which stands for Bourne-Again SHell - is a command prompt on many Unix computers. Unix is an operating system on which many others are built, such as Linux and Mac OS.

According to researcher any system using Bash The bug, remotely take control of system.
According to Experts it was more serious than the Heartbleed bug discovered in April.

Prof Alan Woodward, a security researcher from the University of Surrey, told "Whereas something like Heartbleed was all about sniffing what was going on, this was about giving you direct access to the system,"

Almost 500,000 machines worldwide were thought to have been susitible to Heartbleed. But early estimates, which experts said were conservative, suggest that Shellshock could hit at least 500 million machines.
The problem is particularly serious given that many web servers are run using the Apache system, software which includes the Bash component.

  Rated by Cybersecurity

specialists Rapid7 the Bash bug as 10 out of 10 for severity, but "low" on complexity - a relatively easy vulnerability for hackers to capitalise on.
"Using this vulnerability, attackers can potentially take over the operating system, access confidential information, make changes, et cetera," said Tod Beardsley, a Rapid7 engineer.
"Anuone using bash his/ her computer using Bash needs to deploy the patch immediately."

For general home users, Prof Woodward suggested simply k
Just observe manufacturer websites for updates  especially for hardware such as broadband routers.