The bug, CVE-2021-44228, affects a Java logging package called log4j. It was revealed Thursday by Lunasec and on Friday by Huntress Labs, and is already being exploited, according to an alert from ...

After investigating a vulnerability discovered in late 2021 in the Log4j Java Library, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Cyber Safety Review Board (CSRB) states in a recently ...

The most current versions are Log4j v.2.17.0, if you are running Java 8 or later, and Log4j v.2.12.2, if you are running Java 7 across your web app infrastructure.

On December 9, when the Apache Software Foundation disclosed a massive vulnerability in Log4j, its Java logging library, it triggered a cat-and-mouse game as IT professionals raced to secure their ...

There are things you can do to mitigate exposure to risks like the Log4j 2 flaw. The most important step is to update your Log4j 2 dependencies when you install Java. If you use Log4j 2 anywhere in ...

On Dec. 9, 2021, a vulnerability was discovered in the popular Log4j Java logging library. The vulnerability was quickly dubbed Log4Shell. In a nutshell, an attacker can exploit the component to ...

As expected, nation-state hackers of all kinds have jumped at the opportunity to exploit the recently disclosed critical vulnerability (CVE-2021-44228) in the Log4j Java-based logging library.

Over 80% of Java packages stored on Maven Central Repository have Log4j as an indirect dependency, with most of them burying the vulnerable version five levels deep, says Google's Open Source ...

Why Java Is Trickier Than Other Ecosystems Adding another degree of difficulty to ferreting out the Log4j bugs is Java’s “soft” version requirements, according to Google.

U.S. organizations that fail to secure customer data against Log4Shell, a zero-day vulnerability in the widely used Log4j Java logging library, could face legal repercussions, the Federal Trade ...