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Java Were Likely Launched by The Same Attackers That Previously Targeted Security Firm Bit
Mar 6, 2013The attacks discovered last week that exploited a previously unknown Java vulnerability were likely launched by the same attackers that previously targeted security firm Bit9 and its customers, according to researchers from antivirus vendor ...
Tags: Java, Bit9, technology
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A New Exploit for a Previously Unknown and Java Vulnerability Is Being Actively Used
Mar 5, 2013A new exploit for a previously unknown and unpatched Java vulnerability is being actively used by attackers to infect computers with malware, according to researchers from security firm FireEye. "We observed successful exploitation ...
Tags: Computer Products, Computer, software
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It's The Latest Among a Number of High-Profile Technology and Internet Firms
Feb 26, 2013Microsoft has confirmed that it's the latest among a number of high-profile technology and internet firms to have been hit by a cyber attack. A blog posted on Friday by Microsoft security manager Matt Thomlinson revealed: Java is a ...
Tags: Microsoft, cyber attack, cyber security
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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 Patched Oracle Software for Older Systems and Released a Malware Detection Tool
Feb 22, 2013The day it acknowledged company-owned Macs had been hacked using a "drive-by" Java exploit, Apple on Tuesday patched the Oracle software for older systems and released a malware detection tool. The Apple-issued "Java for Mac OS X v10.6 ...
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Laptops Belonging to Its Employees Were Recently Infected by Malware
Feb 19, 2013Facebook has admitted that laptops belonging to its employees were recently infected by malware, blaming a zero-day Java exploit for the incident. Users of the social network will be concerned that their private data may have been ...
Tags: Facebook, malware, zero-day Java exploit
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Oracle's Head of Java Security Has Assured Users of The Software
Jan 29, 2013Oracle's head of Java security, Milton Smith, has assured users of the software that the vendor will fix its security issues and improve communication efforts. In a conference call with Java User Group leaders, Smith outlined the ...
Tags: Oracle, Java security, software
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Trend Micro Has Spotted a Piece of Malicious Software
Jan 23, 2013Trend 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 ...
Tags: Trend Micro, malicious software, Java
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Oracle's Bad Java Week Got Worse on Wednesday
Jan 18, 2013Oracle’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 ...
Tags: Oracle, bad Java, unknown flaw
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The Governments, Military Were Not Only Attacked Using Malicious Excel and Word Documents
Jan 17, 2013The hundreds of ctargeted in a large-scale cyberespionage operation dubbed Red October were not only attacked using malicious Excel and Word documents as previously believed, but also by using Web-based Java exploits, according to ...
Tags: cyberespionage, Red October Cyberespionage Attacks, cyber security
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Homeland Security Has Warned That Java Is Still Open to Attacks
Jan 16, 2013The 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 ...
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An Exploit Is Being Used by Cybercriminals to Infect Computers with Malware
Jan 14, 2013An exploit for a previously unknown and currently unpatched vulnerability in Java is being used by cybercriminals to infect computers with malware, according to security researchers. An independent malware researcher who uses the online ...
Tags: exploit, unpatched vulnerability, Java, cybercriminals
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Researchers Have Identified a Variant of a Recently Discovered Internet Explorer Exploit
Dec 31, 2012IDG News Service - Researchers from security vendor AlienVault have identified a variant of a recently discovered Internet Explorer exploit that is used to infect targeted computers with the PlugX remote access Trojan (RAT) program. The ...
Tags: IE, malware, Internet Explorer, website
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Oracle Released out-of-Cycle Security Update to Patch Newly Identified Vulnerabilities
Dec 25, 2012Oracle has released an out-of-cycle security update to patch newly identified vulnerabilities in Java 7 that have been widely exploited, after the security community urged the company not to wait. The move comes hot on the heels of news ...
Tags: Oracle, Metasploit tool, Blackhole exploit kit, Java vulnerabilities
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Attackers Have Quickly Expanded Their Reach by Going Mainstream
Dec 19, 2012Attackers using two recently-uncovered Java unpatched vulnerabilities, or "zero-days," have quickly expanded their reach by going mainstream, security experts said today. And on Tuesday, Mozilla, maker of Firefox, joined the chorus of ...
Tags: Java, unpatched vulnerabilities, mainstream, security experts