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  • Log4j zero-day flaw: What you need to know and how to protect yourself

    From Bill Horne@21:1/5 to All on Mon Dec 13 12:33:51 2021
    The Log4j vulnerability affects everything from the cloud to developer
    tools and security devices. Here's what to look for, according to the
    latest information.


    by Liam Tung <https://www.zdnet.com/meet-the-team/eu/liam-tung/>

    A flaw in Log4j, a Java library for logging error messages in
    applications, is the most high-profile security vulnerability on the
    internet right now and comes with a severity score of 10 out of 10.

    The library is developed by the open-source Apache Software Foundation
    and is a key Java-logging framework. Sincelast week's alert by CERT New
    Zealand <https://www.zdnet.com/article/security-warning-new-zero-day-in-the-log4j-java-library-is-already-being-exploited/>thatCVE-2021-44228
    <https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-44228>, a
    remote code execution flaw in Log4j, was already being exploited in the
    wild, warnings have been issued by several national cybersecurity
    agencies, including the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
    (CISA) and the UK's National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC). Internet infrastructure provider Cloudflare said Log4j exploits started on
    December 1 <https://www.zdnet.com/article/log4j-rce-activity-began-on-december-1-as-botnets-start-using-vulnerability/>.


    https://www.zdnet.com/article/log4j-zero-day-flaw-what-you-need-to-know-and-how-to-protect-yourself/

    Bill

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