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| 27 Aug 2012 | #1 |
| | Java zero day vulnerability actively used in targeted attacks Quote: Security researchers from FireEye, AlienVault, and DeependResearch have intercepted targeted malware attacks utilizing the latest Java zero day exploit. The vulnerability affects Java 7 (1.7) Update 0 to 6. It does not affect Java 6 and below. Based on related reports, researchers were able to reproduce the exploit on Windows 7 SP1 with Java 7 Update 6. There's also a Metasploit module available. Java zero day vulnerability actively used in targeted attacks | ZDNet |
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| 27 Aug 2012 | #2 |
| | This may or may not be related. Mozilla Firefox blocked my Java stating it needed updated. I updated Java Deployment Kit and Java Platform to 7.1.0.6 and the warning went away. |
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| 28 Aug 2012 | #3 |
| | I think I may have Java 7, but unsure of wherever I've bothered to update it yet, does the security flaw occur with the update or is it just Java 7 in general? |
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| 28 Aug 2012 | #4 |
| | I've finally ditched Java. Have a lot of programs installed and doesn't seem to have caused any issues. Flash will be the next to go! Not soon enough either!  |
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| 29 Aug 2012 | #5 |
| | Have resorted to the following: For overall browsing: FF -Java +Ghostery +Noscript. For the few special sites needing java (banking\online purchases in my case), using IE with everything enabled, followed by Ccleaner to clear cache etc when done. |
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