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2021-12-14

United States - Security teams at companies around the world are scrambling to patch a previously unknown vulnerability called Log4Shell, which has the potential to let hackers compromise an untold amount of devices and servers across the internet. The vulnerability allows remote code execution — the ability for hackers to run arbitrary code on vulnerable servers. This would allow bad actors to run malware, viruses, and other kinds of harmful software. The Log4Shell vulnerability is found in log4j, a widely-used open-source logging library found in Java applications. These kinds of applications power huge swaths of the internet. Logging is a process where applications keep a running list of… read more 🏃‍♀️