#1. "Security Flaw In Popular Software "

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  There is a bug in popular computer software and if hackers are able to take advantage of it, they could use
that bug to break into computer systems worldwide. The problem was discovered in software known as Log4j.
It`s a library that keeps track of error messages in computer programs, but Log4j has a security flaw.

One that could make it possible for hackers to take control of servers, and because the software is so widely used throughout the technology industry, attackers could go after its flaw in countless places. This could affect some pretty big companies, Amazon Apple, Google, Linkedin, Tesla, Twitter.
The game Minecraft has already been affected. Its owner is Microsoft and it`s had to put a patch or fix in place to lock the hackers back out. So now other technology companies and businesses are being told to figure out if they`ve been affected by the software flaw. And if so, to quickly take the steps necessary to fix it.

What makes things more complicated is that computer engineers didn`t know about it and therefore prepare for it until news broke late last week that hackers were using the flaw to break into networks.
And in the first 72 hours after the flaw became public, cybersecurity firm Check Point said 800,000 attempts were made to take advantage of it. The timing wasn`t good either.

Check Point and the technology website CNET, said with the holidays approaching, information technology specialists maybe taking time off. That could make it harder for companies to move quickly to patch the flaw. Before they started moving to do that, hundreds of millions of devices might have been vulnerable to the bug.

What can individual users do? Not much. According to CNET, people could just make sure they update their devices, software and applications whenever they`re prompted to do it. But that`s a security step that computer users are encouraged to take anyway.  

1. security flaw : 보안상의 결함
2. take advantage of : ~을 이용하다
3. break into something : ~로 침입하다
4. keep track of : ~을 추적하다 (≒go after)
5. put a patch : 보안프로그램을 깔다 (※ patch는 컴퓨팅 용어에서 시스템의 변환을 의미함)
6. Timing wasn't good either. 타이밍도 별로 였어요.
7. take time off : 휴가를 내다
8. hundreds of millions : 수 억의
9. Vulnerable : 취약한
10. whenever they`re prompted to do it. : 그걸 하라고 지시할 때마다
11. People could just make sure they update their devices, software and applications whenever they`re prompted to do it. : 업데이트를 하라는 메시지가 뜰 때마다 자신들의 기기, 소프트웨어, 앱 업데이트를 확인해 주기만 하면 된다. ※ Prompted : '메시지가 표시되다. 뜨다' 의 의미로 Prompt는 사용자의 명령을 받아들일 준비가 되었음을 모니터에 나타내는 표시를 일컫는 것을 참조할 것