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General Category => Politics & Current Affairs => Topic started by: Nearly Sane on December 20, 2021, 10:41:19 AM

Title: Log4j
Post by: Nearly Sane on December 20, 2021, 10:41:19 AM

Been waiting for this to be picked up in mainstream news but so far very little.


https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/technology/log4j-vulnerability-explained-what-apache-security-flaw-means-and-how-hackers-could-exploit-java-servers/ar-AARNVQz

Title: Re: Log4j
Post by: jeremyp on December 20, 2021, 11:47:57 AM

As vulnerabilities go, they don't come much bigger than this.

It was demonstrated that the servers of both Tesla and Apple were vulnerable to this exploit just by changing the name of your car/phone. Minecraft is also vulnerable. That by itself should really be a story.