I share a birthday with the Log4j event. However, unlike this event, I’ve been around for more than one year. On December 9th, 2021, a Tweet exposed a zero-day vulnerability in Log4j, a widely-used piece of open-source software. The announcement made headlines everywhere, and cybersecurity was suddenly put in the spotlight. It was a wake-up call for many because, in an instant, software that had been considered secure was suddenly at tremendous risk. Looking back over the aftermath of the past year, here’s what Log4j has taught us about reducing open-source risk.
What Log4j Has Revealed About the Risk of Open-source Libraries
With a CVSS severity level of 10 out of 10, the urgent response to Log4j was warranted. Upon the announcement, we quickly discovered that 58 percent of enterprises were using the vulnerable version of Log4j, and Microsoft shared shortly after the announcement that state-backed hackers around the world had already tried to exploit the Log4j vulnerability.
How…
What Log4j Has Revealed About the Risk of Open-source Libraries
With a CVSS severity level of 10 out of 10, the urgent response to Log4j was warranted. Upon the announcement, we quickly discovered that 58 percent of enterprises were using the vulnerable version of Log4j, and Microsoft shared shortly after the announcement that state-backed hackers around the world had already tried to exploit the Log4j vulnerability.
How…
