Log4j software flaw in millions of consumer products to remain an ‘endemic’ threat 

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Cyber Safety Review Board Log4j software flaw report overview: 

• Who: The Cyber Safety Review Board released a report on the Log4j software flaw. 
• Why: The Log4j software flaw was discovered last December. The board now calls it an “endemic” threat. 
• Where: The Cyber Safety Review Board is tasked to investigate cyber security events in the United States. 

The Cyber Safety Review Board concluded a software bug known as Log4j will be an “endemic” threat to the cybersecurity of millions of consumer-facing products, it reports.

Log4j is a piece of software commonly built into the computer systems of millions of consumer-facing devices as a way to record activity. 

The Cyber Safety Review Board, which is made up of government officials and private sector cybersecurity experts, revealed the Log4j software flaw is not being exploited as often as was initially feared, however.

“The board assesses that Log4j is an ‘endemic vulnerability’ and that vulnerable instances of Log4j will remain in systems for many years to come, perhaps a decade or longer. Significant risk remains,” the board writes.

The report was the first for the Cyber Safety Review Board, which was formed in February and tasked with investigating cyber security events that could pose a threat to vital computer networks in the United States. 

The software flaw with Log4j was discovered in December of last year. The Cyber Safety Review Board, meanwhile, called the glitch “among the most serious vulnerabilities discovered in recent years.” 

Board surprised by lack of Log4j exploitation

Despite this threat, the 15-member board expressed surprise the Log4j security flaw has apparently not been exploited as often as was initially feared. 

“Somewhat surprisingly, the board also found that to date, generally speaking, exploitation of Log4j occurred at lower levels than many experts predicted, given the severity of the vulnerability,” the board writes. 

The board, which acknowledged the information given to it about the Log4j software flaw is limited, says it has not received any reports of the glitch being used in a noteworthy cyber attack targeting vital U.S. infrastructure. 

Federal agencies and other organizations have spent thousands of hours working to find a remedy for the Log4j software flaw and figuring out how to properly respond to it, if needed, according to the report. 

In related cybersecurity news, Verizon said in its 2022 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report last month that human error was the main cause of data breaches in 2021.

If you were affected by a data breach, you might qualify to participate in a data breach lawsuit.

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