Java

Oracle, Apple release critical updates for Java

February 20, 2013

Oracle has released on Tuesday a new Java SE Critical Patch Update. “This Critical Patch Update includes all fixes provided in the Oracle Java SE Critical Patch Update …

Facebook employees ambushed by zero-day exploit

February 18, 2013

Facebook is the latest big company to admit that they have been targeted with a “sophisticated” attack. The attack was triggered when a small number of Facebook …

Oracle rushes out emergency Java patch

February 4, 2013

If you’re still among the users who haven’t disabled Java in their browsers or on their computer, be advised that Oracle has released a critical patch update for …

Twitter confirms hack compromised 250,000 user accounts

February 2, 2013

Twitter has reset the passwords and revoked session tokens of some 250,000 Twitter users following a successful breach of a database containing user data. The compromise has …

Firefox will block by default nearly all plugins

January 30, 2013

Following the recent debacle of the critical Java 0-day that was being actively exploited in the wild, in an attempt to minimize its users’ attack surface Mozilla has …

Watering hole campaign targeting “Reporters without Borders” visitors

January 24, 2013

Watering hole attacks continue unabated and, according to Avast’s Director of Threat Intelligence Jindrich Kubec, the finger could be safely pointed to China once again. …

Newest Java update doesn’t fix fresh critical vulnerabilities

January 21, 2013

Another week, another zero-day threatening millions of Java users. As you might remember, last week Oracle released Java 7 Update 11, which patched the zero-day vulnerability …

Cybercriminals exploit Java 0-day fears to serve malware

January 18, 2013

With all the recent Java zero-day vulnerabilities being exploited in the wild and Internet news outlets heavily covering the development of the situation, many users will look …

Oracle delivers 86 security fixes

January 16, 2013

Oracle has had two major updates in the last 2 days. On Sunday, Jan. 13 a new version of Java 7 was released that addresses the 0-day vulnerability that has been exploited in …

Oracle patches critical 0-day with new Java update

January 14, 2013

Oracle has released Java 7 Update 11, the computing platform’s newest version that patches the recently discovered and currently widely misused zero-day vulnerability, …

Disable Java! Recent 0-day exploit is included in exploit kits

January 11, 2013

The Java zero-day that has recently been spotted being exploited in the wild has turned into big, big news as a number of popular exploit kits have been fitted with the …

New Java 0-day exploited in the wild

January 10, 2013

A new Java zero-day being exploited in the wild has been found. With the files we were able to obtain we reproduced the exploit in a fully patched, new installation of Java. …