Log4j vulnerability: What it is and why the internet is worried
The flaw lets attackers easily seize control of everything from industrial control systems to web servers and consumer electronics.
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The flaw lets attackers easily seize control of everything from industrial control systems to web servers and consumer electronics.
Security pros say it’s one of the worst computer vulnerabilities they’ve ever seen. They say state-backed Chinese and Iranian hackers and rogue cryptocurrency miners have already seized on it. The Department of Homeland Security is sounding a dire alarm, ordering federal agencies to urgently eliminate the bug because it’s so easily exploitable — and telling…
WBAL Radio 1090 AM - EXPLAINER: The security flaw that's freaked out the internet
The flaw lets attackers easily seize control of everything from industrial control systems to web servers and consumer electronics.
Detected in an extensively used utility called Log4j, the flaw lets internet-based attackers easily seize control of everything from industrial control systems to web servers and consumer electronics.