Log4j Flaw Is ‘Endemic’, Says Cyber Safety Review Board

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Log4j Flaw Is'Endemic', Says Cyber Safety Review Board

A flaw in ubiquitous open-source logging utility Log4j may plague systems for the next decade or longer, making it an “endemic vulnerability,” declared a panel of U.S. public and private sector security experts.

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The vulnerability, known as Log4Shell, burst into public awareness late last year when code developer Apache Software Foundation set off a global race between systems administrators and hackers when it fixed the bug.

Despite a flurry of warnings, many systems remain open to hackers exploiting unpatched systems, ensuring that what seemed like a sprint is a marathon.

It could be worse, concluded the Cyber Safety Review Board, a federally run committee established by a…

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