Java 6 will be retired from security support in less than two months, and users and businesses should prepare now for its demise, experts said today. Oracle will publicly patch Java 6 for the last time on Feb. 19, 2013. After that date, ...
Tags: Java 6, security support, Oracle, upgrade
Researchers from security firm Security Explorations have claimed to have discovered a vulnerability in the Java 7 security update released Thursday that can be exploited to escape the Java sandbox and execute arbitrary code on the ...
Tags: Adam Gowdiak, highlightedpost, Java 7, Java 7 vulnerability
A security researcher known for finding Java bugs has uncovered a new critical zero-day vulnerability in all currently-supported versions of the popular Oracle software. The bug,which was publicly reported on the Full Disclosure security ...
Tags: Zero-Day Java Bug, security researcher, Security Explorations
Oracle has finally acknowledged and acted on a zero-day Java exploit that has presented a serious risk to users of all Java-equipped internet browsers for the past week. Recognising "three distinct but related vulnerabilities and one ...
Tags: Oracle, Eric Maurice, Java exploit, high severity
Oracle knew since April about the existence of the two unpatched Java 7 vulnerabilities that are currently being exploited in malware attacks,according to Adam Gowdiak,the founder and CEO of Polish security firm Security Explorations. ...