Critical Java zero-day bug is being “massively exploited in the wild”

[FallshirmjAEger]

I haven't used Java since the 90's & always got on fine using the web. But on their site, they say many sites on the internet just won't work??

Must be referring to one of the internets I haven't used yet.

 

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January 13, Krebs on Security – (International) Oracle ships critical security update for Java. Oracle released an update for Java to fix the recent critical vulnerability that allowed malware to exploit computers running the program. The update also increases the default security settings for running Java applications from ‘medium’ to ‘high.’

[FONT=Times New Roman,Times New Roman][FONT=Times New Roman,Times New Roman]Source: Oracle Ships Critical Security Update for Java — Krebs on Security[/FONT]
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