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Java Zero-Day Vulnerability Pushes Out Crimeware

15

Jan

2013

McAfee – A new Java zero-day vulnerability is spreading malicious files to infect unprotected users. The threat is dangerous: Just browsing a malicious page or clicking a malicious link in spam is enough to cause an infection when combined with a vulnerable Java version.Because most browsers enable Java by default, this vulnerability can be used […]

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Java Drive by download attack

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Dec

2011

Recently I blogged about how attackers are forcing users to download fake codecs to spread malicious content. I’ve also encountered across another drive by download attack vector, which uses Java applets to execute downloaded malicious content on the victim’s machine. Download and execution of malicious content happens without user interaction. Let’s take look at a […]

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Apple pushes out critical Java security update for OS X users

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Jun

2011

Are you a Mac user who’s ever gone looking online for what Oracle calls the Java Platform – either the JRE (runtime environment) or the JDK (development kit)? You’ll have noticed what seems at first to be a glaring omission: You can download the latest updates for Linux, Solaris and Windows – and even for […]

Category General Written by Naked Security - Sophos 0 Comments

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