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Arctic Wolf Cloud Detection and Response

Cloud Detection and Response protects you from key cloud threats like account and business email compromise, ransomware, suspicious resource usage, and phished credentials. Arctic Wolf's Concierge Security® Team continually reviews your cloud posture and works to harden your environment over time. The cloud has changed the way we work. Accelerate your cloud transformation and have confidence your business is secure with Arctic Wolf Cloud Detection and Response.

Survey: Security and Federal Government

Tripwire and Dimensional Research surveyed 306 security professionals, unveiling the private sector's request for further action from the federal government to ensure the security of its data and systems. So then why have only roughly 49 percent of non-governmental agencies fully adopted the NIST standards? And why do 24 percent of federal respondents believe they are falling behind when it comes to preparedness to face new threats and breaches?

What has the Log4shell vulnerability taught us about application security?

A week ago, we had no idea what Log4shell was. Today, we have the global developer community coming together to keep itself safe from a vulnerability that ranks the highest in terms of risk. We need technical solutions, but what does it mean for the landscape of application security, and what have we learned from this situation?

Exploiting and Mitigating CVE-2021-44228: Log4j Remote Code Execution (RCE)

A new critical vulnerability has been found in log4j, a widely-used open-source utility used to generate logs inside java applications. The vulnerability CVE-2021-44228, also known as Log4Shell, permits a Remote Code Execution (RCE) allowing the attackers to execute arbitrary code on the host. The log4j utility is popular and used by a huge number of applications and companies, including the famous game Minecraft. It is also used in various Apache frameworks like Struts2, Kafka, Druid, Flink, and many commercial products.

Understanding the Log4j Log4Shell Vulnerability

A zero-day threat is creating waves through the cybersecurity industry more than any other in years. On Thursday, December 9, security researchers published a proof-of-concept exploit code for CVE-2021-44228, a remote code execution vulnerability in Log4j, a Java logging library used in a significant number of internet applications. In the week since its discovery businesses worldwide are frantically trying to identify and mitigate the exploit, while security pros and experts are desperately attempting to release patches and guide organizations as new information becomes known.