Yahoo! called out for negligence by whitehat hacker

Accusations of negligence
After taking a detailed account of his experiences, Jonathan Hall posted about his surprise Shellshock hunt on his website, says We Live Security. Hall accused Yahoo! of ignoring multiple warnings that detailed the system's vulnerabilities. The popular search engine responded to these accusations by asserting that the Yahoo!s' server issues were small, and an unrelated security flaw is responsible for the server shutdowns. Yahoo! may be in hot water if it can be proven that the company was aware of these security vulnerabilities and failed to protect the privacy of its customers.

Large data centers commonly manage servers, routers and switches using out-of-band management Console Servers. These devices provide data center managers and network administrators with secure remote management of any device with a serial console port. Perle has confirmed that its wide range of 1 to 48 port Console Servers are not vulnerable to Shellshock.