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New Java zero-day exploit hits the internet, is “massively exploited in the wild” — disable Java now!

Ashraf January 10, 2013 21

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So you thought Java season was over, eh? Wrong! It is still open season on Java and a brand new, previously unknown bug has been discovered in Java that allows scumbags to install malware on the computers of netizens.

It isn’t entirely clear how this exploit is conducted but it [...]

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New Java vulnerability in Java 5/6/7 bypasses Java security sandbox, affects 1 billion users worldwide

Ashraf September 25, 2012 3

Is it open season on Java? Or has the season for Java never ended? Who knows. I do know, however, that yet another vulnerability has been discovered in Java. This time the vulnerability affects Java 5, Java 6, and Java 7, meaning roughly one billion users around the world are [...]

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Oracles releases patch to fix Java exploits, update to Java 7u7 or Java 6u35 to stay safe

Ashraf August 30, 2012 13

Oracle has released an update to Java 7 for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux that patches security vulnerabilities. Oracle says the Java 7u7 (v1.7.0_07) update fixes security issues related to CVE-2012-4681 plus two other vulnerabilities.

Update: Looks like this “fix” isn’t a very good fix at all — a [...]

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