Oracle
Yet another unpatched security hole found in Java
Just last week you were congratulating yourself for patching your computer against a Java security hole.
Now another zero-day unpatched vulnerability has been found in Oracle's widely used software.
Oracle and Apple ship critical Java updates - get yours today!
The security-beleaguered Java ecosystem usually gets updates just once every four months, in February, June and October.
But this year, Oracle has adapted that schedule a number of times, and this is one of them...
PWN2OWN results Day Two - Adobe Reader and Flash owned, Java felled yet again
PWN2OWN 2013 finished off today.
A second scheduled attack on IE 10 didn't happen, so IE 10 didn't get owned again, but Flash and Reader fell once each, and Java was exploited for the fourth time in two days...
PWN2OWN results Day One - Java, Chrome, IE 10 and Firefox owned
Of the Big Four browsers, only Apple's Safari has so far survived the onslaught of the browser-breakers at PWN2OWN 2013.
Java fell three times today; Adobe's Flash and Reader meet their attackers tomorrow...
Oracle ships out-of-band Java fix, Apple follows suit
Oracle recently published an emergency update for Java, and Apple quickly followed suit for the version of Java it still officially supports.
Paul Ducklin tries to guess where Oracle's Java patch cycle will end up...
Find a new way of exploiting Chrome, IE, Java, etc.. and you could win millions of dollars
Security researchers are gathering in Vancouver at the CanSecWest conference, in the hope of winning substantial cash prizes for finding exploitable vulnerabilities in the likes of Chrome, Internet Explorer and Java.
SSCC 103 - Mandiant report, iOS coders owned, Twitter accounts hacked, and more...
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Here's the latest Naked Security podcast, Sophos Security Chet Chat 103, discussing a range of recent and newsworthy topics from the world of computer security.
Monday review - the hot 21 stories of the week
Get yourself up to date with everything we've written in the last seven days - it's weekly roundup time.
Oracle on Java - we *will* have Patch Tuesday on 19 Feb 2013 after all
Oracle brought forward its February Patch Tuesday to provide an accelerated fix for some in-the-wild exploits.
But that meant leaving other less vital stuff out, so the pre-empted Patch Tuesday will happen after all, on 19 Feb 2013. Be there!
Another Java update! Oracle brings Patch Tuesday forward to close in-the-wild hole...
"Yet another Java update! Get it while it's hot."
This update was planned for 19 Feb 2013.
But Oracle brought it forward, citing the "active exploitation 'in the wild' of one of the vulnerabilities affecting...desktop browsers".
Apple (again) washes its hands of the Java mess
Apple's thrown in the towel on the Java mess and has, for the second time in two weeks, blocked all versions of Java on OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) and later.
Oracle, please stop sneakily foisting third-party toolbars on us with your Java updates
If you're installing a critical security update on your computer, caused by the software vendor's sloppy code quality, you probably wouldn't dream that your software vendor is trying to make some money out of the inconvenience.
Java hacker boasts of finding two more unpatched holes
Serial Java fault-finder Adam Gowdiak has embarrassed Oracle yet again.
The Polish researcher is publicly bragging about two brand-new vulnerabilities he's found even since Oracle's most recent patch just a week ago.
Yet ANOTHER Java zero-day claimed - but this time you're laughing, right?
Irrepressible cybercrime investigator and reporter Brian Krebs has written about yet another Java zero-day exploit.
This one, it seems, targets an exploitable vulnerability even in Oracle's most recent release, Version 7 Update 11, aka 7u11.
Apple and Mozilla - 'Just say no to Java'
After the recent discovery of a zero-day vulnerability in Oracle's Java Web Start plugin Apple and Mozilla are now disabling Java by default until fixes are made available.
Java 7 update 10 introduces important new security controls
Last week Oracle released Java 7 update 10 to the world without fixing a single vulnerability. That doesn't mean there aren't serious security improvements though. New settings could make Java users much safer from here forward.
Fake Apple invoices lead to Blackhole exploit kit that drains your bank account
A new round of spams proclaims you have been charged for a large purchase from Apple.
All links lead to webpages infected with the Blackhole exploit kit. Be cautious with your online shopping this holiday season.
Duck talks security on Risky Business
Naked Security's Paul Ducklin talks to the Risky Business podcast about Oracle's patching schedule, lawsuits against Sony after the PlayStation Network breach and how a mathematician unpicked Google's DKIM verifier.
Monday review: the hot 31 stories of the week
It's time for this week's Monday review: all our stories from the past seven days.
Enjoy!
Sophos Techknow - All about Java
Java brings with it some significant risks, yet for many people, it's "just there on my computer."
In this episode, Duck and Chet tell you All about Java, and help you to make an informed decision in balancing its risks and rewards at work and at home.
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