When developing Java applications, it is easy to get used to invoking logging on the provided logger via its log level-specific methods. For example, Log4j‘s Logger provides methods such as ...

Almost every large application includes its own logging or tracing API. Experience indicates that logging represents an important component of the development cycle. As such, logging offers several ...

Log4Shell, an internet vulnerability that affects millions of computers, involves an obscure but nearly ubiquitous piece of software, Log4j. The software is used to record all manner of activities ...

There are 17,000 unpatched Log4j packages in the Maven Central ecosystem, leaving massive supply-chain risk on the table from Log4Shell exploits. There’s an enormous amount of software vulnerable to ...

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On December 9, when the Apache Software Foundation disclosed a massive vulnerability in Log4j, its Java logging library, it triggered a cat-and-mouse game as IT professionals raced to secure their ...

The vulnerability affects not only Java-based applications and services that use the library directly, but also many other popular Java components and development frameworks that rely on it. Attackers ...

Log4Shell, an internet vulnerability that affects millions of computers, involves an obscure but nearly ubiquitous piece of software, Log4j. The software is used to record all manner of activities ...

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has updated the 'detectors' in its CodeGuru Reviewer tool to seek out log injection flaws like the recently disclosed Log4Shell bug in the popular Java logging library Log4J.

A critical flaw in a popularly used Java library is being exploited by malicious actors to deliver malware, while security researchers are scanning for vulnerable servers. The flaw and a ...