Beset by some very public vulnerabilities in Java, and apparently unable to properly patch those bugs, Oracle must dramatically step up its security game, experts said Monday. "Oracle should just take a mulligan and redesign Java before ...
Trend Micro has spotted a piece of malicious software that masquerades as the latest patch for Java, a typically opportunistic move by hackers. Oracle released two emergency patches on Sunday for its Java programming language and ...
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Researchers from Security Explorations, a Poland-based vulnerability research firm, claim to have found two new vulnerabilities in Java 7 Update 11 that can be exploited to bypass the software's security sandbox and execute arbitrary code ...
Researchers from a Poland-based vulnerability research firm on Friday announced that they had found vulnerabilities in Java 7 Update 11 that can be exploited to bypass the software’s security sandbox and execute arbitrary code on ...
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Research in Motion announced Wednesday that credit card company Visa has approved RIM's Visa for use in mobile payments made with smartphones or tablets that use a Near Field Communication chip. The system, called Secure Element Manager ...
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Even after Oracle patched critical Java vulnerabilities on Monday, the U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) continued urging users to disable Java browser plug-ins. "Due to the number and severity of this and prior Java ...
Oracle’s bad Java week got worse on Wednesday, after it was announced that a previously unknown flaw in the programming language still threatens the security of millions of PCs. This is despite the fact that Oracle issued an emergency ...
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The United States Department of Homeland Security has warned that Java is still open to attacks, despite Oracle's attempts to fix its vulnerabilities. Last week, it was discovered that the web browser software contained a zero-day ...
Oracle is distributing a patch for Java software flaws deemed so dangerous that the US Department of Homeland Security said that people should stop using it. "Oracle recommends that this Security Alert be applied as soon as possible ...
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Oracle released two out-of-band patches on Sunday for vulnerabilities in its Java programming language, both of which pose a high risk to users browsing the web. The company's speed in issuing patches may be due to part that exploit code ...
Oracle will introduce on Tuesday a version of embedded Java intended to boost the platform's prominence in the realm of networked devices. The company also will roll out a middleware stack geared for the embedded world. With the Oracle ...
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A recent Java 7 update allows users to completely prevent Java applications from running inside browsers or to restrict how Web-based Java content is handled by the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) client. These features will benefit ...
Hackers are exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in Java 7, security experts said today. The unpatched bug can be exploited through any browser running on any operating system, from Windows and Linux to OS X, that has Java installed, said ...
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Security researchers have proposed several methods for users to protect their computers from ongoing attacks that target a new and yet-to-be-patched vulnerability in all versions of Java Runtime Environment 7. Most of the proposed ...
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Apple yesterday started scrubbing most Macs of older Java browser plug-ins,a move that will force users to download the software from Oracle.The company also patched Java for OS X,the second time Apple synchronized its Java security update ...
Tags: Apple, older Java browser plug-ins, Oracle, Snow Leopard