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Log4j Vulnerability: What You Should Know

by Brandon DeVault and Bri Frost

This course is a Q&A session discussing the Log4j vulnerability, known as Log4Shell.

What you'll learn

This course covers a Q&A session discussing the Log4j vulnerability, known as Log4Shell. In this course, Log4j Vulnerability: What You Should Know, we will cover what the vulnerability is, why it’s such a critical and widespread vulnerability that can exist in a multitude of systems, and how to identify if you’ve been affected.

Table of contents

Log4j Vulnerability: What You Should Know
8mins
Additional Resources
0mins

About the authors

Brandon DeVault is a Security Researcher focused on threat hunting at CrowdStrike. He is also a member of the Florida Air National Guard with a variety of offensive and defensive experience. Prior to joining CrowdStrike, Brandon worked full-time as an author with Pluralsight and at Elastic, creating and delivering security content. He also worked with Special Operations Command, where he had two deployments to Afghanistan on deployable communications teams. His experience spans incident response... more

Bri is a renowned expert with 7 years of experience in the field of Cybersecurity and IT, bringing a unique perspective to the table. As the Director of Security Curriculum and Research at Pluralsight, Bri is instrumental in developing the cutting-edge cybersecurity curriculum and content strategy. With a wealth of knowledge as an author of Pluralsight training content, she infuses a "red-team" or attacker-focused mindset into her teachings to grasp security concepts and defense strategies effec... more

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