A newly discovered zero-day vulnerability in the widely used Java logging library Apache Log4j is easy to exploit and enables attackers to gain full control of affected servers. Tracked as ...

The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency warns that the newly discovered Log4j vulnerability will affect hundreds of millions of devices and that "no single action will fix the issue." ...

A critical flaw in a popularly used Java library is being exploited by malicious actors to deliver malware, while security researchers are scanning for vulnerable servers. The flaw and a ...

The number of attacks aiming to take advantage of the recently disclosed security flaw in the Log4j2 Java logging library continues to grow. The vulnerability (CVE-2021-44228) was publicly disclosed ...

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 ...

The vulnerability affects not only Java-based applications and services that use the library directly, but also many other popular Java components and development frameworks that rely on it. Attackers ...

More than 80% of Java packages affected by the vulnerability in the Apache Log4j library cannot be updated directly and will require coordination between different project teams to address the flaw. A ...

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 ...

There are 17,000 unpatched Log4j packages in the Maven Central ecosystem, leaving massive supply-chain risk on the table from Log4Shell exploits. There’s an enormous amount of software vulnerable to ...

Update (December 14 ,2021): We’ve updated this article with information about the new Log4j version release, along with new exploit vectors, and risks related to all Java versions. While you were ...