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ravencajun

Security warning about java

13 years ago

Just wanted to give a heads up warning about the zero day vulnerbility facing java right now, you will likely hear about it on the news or have already.

This is very serious if you have java installed on your pc I would either remove it or disable it.
I never installed it on my new pc and really don't miss it much.
I have been watching this problem with java escalate quickly to this very serious condition we are currently at.

Here are some links to info on this and how to remove or disable it.
Also links to google news link about it.

Java Zero-Day (Again), Time To Disable/Remove Java
Corrine's excellent blog warning of this java issue and also the updates that need to be done on your adobe products.
These updates are critical and need to be done asap.

Quoting from one of the articles here:

"Computer Users Should Disable Java 7 Owing To Security Flaw, Experts Say


Millions of computer users who run the most recent versions of Oracle's Java software should disable the product owing to security flaws, says the cybersecurity section of the Department of Homeland Security. The agency says, "Web browsers using the Java 7 plug-in are at high risk."

For our Newscast desk, Steve Henn filed a report from Silicon Valley in which he says that "in the last few months security researchers have discovered a series of bugs that can allow bad actors to take over machines that are running Java in a Web browser and steal your identity."

Those bugs can be exploited to allow hackers' programs to give themselves full security privileges, according to a "vulnerability note" posted by Carnegie Mellon University's CERT computer security site.

"Oracle Java 7 update 10 and earlier are affected," the notice says. It adds that the only known solution is to "disable Java in web browsers."

It seems that security experts began to highlight the vulnerability this week, after it began to be used in software kits that are sold to hackers. The Malware don't need Coffee site seems to have been among the first to report it.

"This vulnerability is being attacked in the wild, and is reported to be incorporated into exploit kits," the U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team wrote in its vulnerability note. "Exploit code for this vulnerability is also publicly available."

Brian Krebs, who blogs about computer security, writes, "The hackers who maintain Blackhole and Nuclear Pack �" competing crimeware products that are made to be stitched into hacked sites and use browser flaws to foist malware �" say they've added a brand new exploit" that attacks the security flaw.

Anyone wanting to know how to disable Java can check out Oracle's explanation of the process. It has become easier to disable Java in its most recently updated version.

For those wondering how they can get by without software that has become ubiquitous, Krebs says, "I haven't had Java plugged into any of the browsers I use for surfing the Web for the past two years, and I haven't missed it once."

He adds that another option would be to consider employing extensions such as Noscript (for Firefox) or Notscripts (for Chrome), to control what plug-ins and scripts can do."

Here is a link that might be useful: News links about java critical issue

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