A flaw in widely used computer code is prompting 100 new hacking attempts every minute, a security company says.
Check Point said it had seen attempts to exploit the vulnerability on over 40% of corporate networks globally.
One US official said the security flaw, Log4shell, posed a “severe risk”, with companies warning it was being actively used by criminal groups.
Fixes have been issued but need to be implemented. Popular applications and cloud services have been affected.
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