Apple, Oracle move quickly to mitigate Java security flaw

BOSTON (Reuters) – Oracle Corp said it is preparing an update to address a flaw in its widely used Java software after the U.S. Department of Homeland Security urged computer users to disable the program in web browsers because criminal hackers are

As noted by ZDNet, a major security vulnerability in Java 7 has been learned, with the vulnerability currently being exploited in the wild by

The Computer Emergency Speediness Team (CERT) posted a warning about the latest flaw in Java 7 on Thursday and suggested that users disable or uninstall the Java runtime. As usual, the security hole could allow self theft of the user or place the

Java 6 was not updated as the bug that has gotten all the attention the last hardly any days was limited to Java translation 7. Java 7 is available on Windows, OS X Lion, OS X Mountain Lion and some Linux distributions. OS X Snow Leopard is limited to Java translation 6.

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Apple, Oracle move quickly to mitigate Java security flaw