java security
Latest Oracle Java Patches and Security Best Practices
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Java exploits account for 87% of total web exploits – Cisco 2013 Annual Security Report This month’s release of the Oracle Java SE Critical Patch Update includes patches for 42 vulnerabilities. Vulnerabilities in the Oracle Java SE Java Runtime Environment (JRE) component have received widespread attention as of late because of the potential for an attacker to bypass […]
New Java Vulnerability Being Exploited in the Wild
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The new Oracle Java arbitrary code execution vulnerability has not only hit many news wires and social media outlets, but many victims as well, and it has been incorporated into several exploit kits. This critical vulnerability, as documented in IntelliShield alert 27845, could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on a targeted system with the […]