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Oracle Plans to Make Changes to Strengthen The Security of Java
May 31, 2013Oracle plans to make changes to strengthen the security of Java, including fixing its certificate revocation checking feature, preventing unsigned applets from being executed by default and adding centralized management options with ...
Tags: Oracle, Java Security Improvement
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A New Vulnerability That Affects The Latest Desktop and Server Versions of The JRE
Apr 25, 2013Java vulnerability hunters from Polish security research firm Security Explorations claim to have found a new vulnerability that affects the latest desktop and server versions of the Java Runtime Environment (JRE). The vulnerability is ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
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Twitter Announced That It Had Been The Target of an Attack
Feb 25, 2013The administrators of a popular iOS developer Web forum called iPhoneDevSDK confirmed Wednesday that it had been compromised by hackers who used it to launch attacks against its users. Security experts believe the site served as a gateway ...
Tags: iOS, PhoneDevSDK, Facebook, Apple
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Apple Released Its Own Update for Java 6 for Mac Users Running OS X Snow Leopard
Feb 6, 2013Apple on Friday released its own update for Java 6 for Mac users running OS X Snow Leopard, matching Oracle’s update for Java 7, which was patched the same day. Customers running OS X Lion or OS X Mountain Lion must update Java 7 ...
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Apple on Friday Shipped an Update to Java 6 for Mac Users
Feb 4, 2013Computerworld - Apple on Friday shipped an update to Java 6 for Mac users running OS X Snow Leopard, matching Oracle's cadence for Java 7, which was patched the same day. Customers running OS X Lion or OS X Mountain Lion must update Java ...
Tags: Apple, OS X, Computer Products
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Mozilla Would Disable All Plug-Ins in Firefox Except The Latest Adobe's Flash Player
Feb 1, 2013Mozilla yesterday announced it would automatically disable all plug-ins in Firefox except the latest version of Adobe's Flash Player, citing security and stability reasons for the move. The feature, called "click-to-play," has been part ...
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Java's New Security Settings Can Be Bypassed by Hackers
Jan 28, 2013Java's new security settings, designed to block "drive-by" browser attacks, can be bypassed by hackers, a researcher announced Sunday. The news came in the aftermath of several embarrassing "zero-day" vulnerabilities, and a recent ...
Tags: Bug, Moot Java, Anti-Exploit Defense
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Researchers Claim to Have Found Two New Vulnerabilities in Java 7 Update 11
Jan 23, 2013Researchers 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 ...