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Microsoft reports 'unprecedented wave' of Java malware exploits
ZDnet ^
| October 18, 2010
| Ryan Naraine
Posted on 10/18/2010 3:14:16 PM PDT by Wooly
According to data from Microsofts malware protection center, there has been an unprecedented wave of exploits against vulnerabilities in Oracle Suns Java software in 2010.
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Affects Java-enabled browsers on multiple platforms, such as Microsoft Windows, Linux, and Apple Mac OS X.
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posted on
10/18/2010 3:14:17 PM PDT
by
Wooly
To: Wooly
Actual title manages to begin with a capital letter:
Microsoft reports ‘unprecedented wave’ of Java malware exploits
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posted on
10/18/2010 3:17:22 PM PDT
by
humblegunner
(Pablo is very wily)
To: Wooly
Hardly a day goes by without a Java update blinking at me.
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posted on
10/18/2010 3:18:14 PM PDT
by
billorites
(freepo ergo sum)
To: Wooly
Any chance some smart person here could explain this to me? I have a Mac, what do I need to be worried about?
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posted on
10/18/2010 3:21:25 PM PDT
by
brytlea
(Jesus loves me, this I know.)
To: billorites
Something is wrong then. The current version (22) came out a few days ago, whereas the prior version (21) had been the most recent for months.
To: brytlea
I have a Mac, what do I need to be worried about?Homosexual tendencies. Just teasing. That was too easy. :O)
To: brytlea
Just use your software update feature and make sure you have the most up to date version for Mac.
I read an article about 8 months ago on computer security forum that had sent out questionnaires to several large IT managers. When asked about Mac security, over half of the IT managers that Apple Mac users seem to think that they are completely shielded from computers being compromised and therefore do not pay attention to things like Java Updates and Acrobat updates.
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posted on
10/18/2010 3:37:45 PM PDT
by
Wooly
To: Wooly
Of course the same is true for Linux users
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posted on
10/18/2010 3:38:31 PM PDT
by
Wooly
To: library user
Even us girls are homosexual if we use Macs?
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posted on
10/18/2010 3:44:51 PM PDT
by
brytlea
(Jesus loves me, this I know.)
To: Wooly
I will have to ask my expert (son) but I thought it was set up to do it automatically. I just got it. Thanks.
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posted on
10/18/2010 3:46:03 PM PDT
by
brytlea
(Jesus loves me, this I know.)
To: brytlea
Remember even though you have a MAC and therefore are not as vulnerable there are things you need to watch out for.
Computer security is a lot like securing your house. Most people do not have someone kick down the door, instead they invite the crook in or hire him to do something. Same goes for computers, most people download their computer problems via Limewire, banner ads, clicking on embedded pop ups, going to embedded websites, or downloading what they think is software that will fix a problem caused by one of the above.
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posted on
10/18/2010 3:52:33 PM PDT
by
Wooly
To: Wooly
Yeah, I’m really careful, but very paranoid. ;)
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posted on
10/18/2010 4:08:36 PM PDT
by
brytlea
(Jesus loves me, this I know.)
To: Wooly
My Kaspersky Internet Security has been picking off stuff it cites as coming through Java. Too many Trojans are slipping through. Java must have some real holes in it.
To: brytlea
I will have to ask my expert (son) but I thought it was set up to do it automatically. I just got it. Thanks. I know my Java had been updating automatically before, but for whatever reason I didn't have this large update and had to download and install it.
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posted on
10/18/2010 4:38:39 PM PDT
by
Will88
To: Will88
Great, I’ll mention it to my geek. :)
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posted on
10/18/2010 4:42:00 PM PDT
by
brytlea
(Jesus loves me, this I know.)
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