Security News > 2021 > December > Week in review: Apache Log4j 0day exploited, Kali Linux 2021.4 released, Patch Tuesday forecast

Critical RCE 0day in Apache Log4j library exploited in the wildA critical zero-day vulnerability in Apache Log4j, a widely used Java logging library, is being leveraged by attackers in the wild.

Kali Linux 2021.4 released: Wider Samba compatibility, The Social-Engineer Toolkit, new tools, and more!Offensive Security released Kali Linux 2021.4, which comes with a number of improvements: wider Samba compatibility, switching package manager mirrors, enhanced Apple M1 support, Kaboxer theming, updates to Xfce, GNOME and KDE, Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W + USBArmory MkII ARM images, as well as new tools.

December 2021 Patch Tuesday forecast: How do you stack up?This is the year of supply chain attacks.

Adapting higher education to address the cybersecurity skills shortageIn this Help Net Security interview, Dr. Jason R.C. Nurse, Associate Professor in Cyber Security in the School of Computing and the Institute of Cyber Security for Society, at the University of Kent, talks about cybersecurity higher education and how it can help close the cybersecurity skills gap.

Kafdrop flaw allows data from Kafka clusters to be exposed Internet-wideResearchers at Spectral discovered a security flaw in Kafdrop, a popular open-source UI and management interface for Apache Kafka clusters that has been downloaded more than 20 million times.

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