The Anniversary Of The Log4J Vulnerability: Its Impact And Lessons
CXOtoday.com, December 16th, 2022
On the first anniversary of the Log4j vulnerability disclosure, Check Point Software looks back on one of the biggest security shake ups in recent years
On December 9th, 2021, an acute remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability was reported in the Apache logging package Log4j versions 2.14.1 and below (CVE-2021-44228). Apache Log4j is the most popular java logging library, used by companies worldwide. It is embedded in almost every internet service or application we are familiar with, including Twitter, Amazon, Microsoft, Minecraft and many more.