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Experts Urge Rapid Patching of ‘Struts’ Bug
2018-08-23 20:22

In September 2017, Equifax disclosed that a failure to patch one of its Internet servers against a pervasive software flaw -- in a Web component known as Apache Struts -- led to a breach that exposed personal data on 147 million Americans. Now security experts are warning that blueprints showing malicious hackers how to exploit a newly-discovered Apache Struts bug are available online, leaving countless organizations in a rush to apply new updates and plug the security hole before attackers can use it to wriggle inside.


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