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MY TAKE: Log4j’s big lesson – legacy tools, new tech are both needed to secure modern networks

The Last Watchdog

By no means has the cybersecurity community been blind to the complex security challenges spinning out of digital transformation. I’ve recently had several deep-dive discussions with cybersecurity experts at Juniper Networks, about this. Log4j, for instance, is a ubiquitous logging library. The Sunnyvale, Calif.-based

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Log4J: What You Need to Know

Adam Levin

Logging software is typically the first thing a developer or technician will check in the event of an unexpected outage or error, as it can help pinpoint the source of the problem relatively quickly and easily. . Log4J is an open-source software tool used to log activity on internet-based services and software.

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RSAC insights: Software tampering escalates as bad actors take advantage of ‘dependency confusion’

The Last Watchdog

Log4J, aka Log4Shell, refers to a gaping vulnerability that exists in an open-source logging library that’s deeply embedded within servers and applications all across the public Internet. Its function is to record events in a log for a system administrator to review and act upon.