‘Critical vulnerability’: Smaller firms may find it harder to stop hackers from exploiting Log4j flaw
- The flaw lets hackers take control of items from industrial control systems to consumer electronics.
- It’s so widespread that small firms, though they represent a smaller target, could be impacted.
- But some simple steps can give business owners peace of mind as experts explore the security flaw.
If you’re in the package shipping business, fretting about a dangerous new computer software glitch is about the last thing you want during the critical holiday rush.
That’s why MyUS.com, a 400-employee company based in Sarasota, Florida, didn’t wait to contact cybersecurity specialists when the threat of the Log4j vulnerability flaw arose over the past week.