Make your pentester work harder for his money
In this video recorded at Infosecurity 2012, Wolfgang Kandek, CTO at Qualys, talks about their recent research dealing with Java. Many modern exploits use Java as a stepping …
Android security: Protection of Java and native apps
Arxan Technologies enhanced its Mobile Application Protection Suite to include multi-layered, end-to-end protection for Android applications. Given the open source nature of …
Java drive-by generator used in recent attack
A malware delivery campaign that doubles its infections efforts to really make sure the users get compromised has been recently spotted by F-Secure researchers. One of them …
New Mac malware uses Flashback Java exploit
Apple’s decision to push out a Flashback malware removal tool for OS X Lion bundled with a new Java security update has proven to be rather fortunate, as a new Mac OS X …
Apple patches critical Java flaw
Apple released a critical update for the Java implementation on Mac OS X, for both Lion and Snow Leopard. This update comes almost two months after the release of the …
Mac Trojan infects machines via unpatched Java bug
Flashback Trojan variants have been targeting Mac users since September 2011, and they have gone through a variety of changes and techniques aimed at achieving its …
Comprehensive Java testing solution
Parasoft introduced a new release of Parasoft Jtest: a comprehensive Java testing solution that automates static analysis, unit testing, coverage analysis, runtime error …
Ditching Java might be a good move
As unpatched Java vulnerabilities are frequently taken advantage by exploit kits and users often forget to update Java, F-Secure’s Mikko Hypponen says that maybe …
Critical vulnerability in Sun Java
ACROS Security has discovered a vulnerability in Sun Java, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user’s system, according to Secunia. The …
Multiplatform Java botnet spotted in the wild
Cross-platform malware is still a rare occurrence, so when it’s detected, it usually attracts more attention than the malware engineered to affect only one particular …
Sun Java by far the most vulnerable plug-in
Wondering how secure your browser is? Today at the RSA Conference in San Francisco, Qualys CTO Wolfgang Kandek presented their research which clearly shows that browser …
Most users still vulnerable to attacks that exploit Java flaw
More than a week after Oracle released a critical patch for Java, more than 68% percent of Internet users are still vulnerable to attacks that exploit these vulnerabilities, …