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Java-based malware driving DDoS botnet infects Windows, Mac, Linux devices
Submitted by l33tdawg on Wed, 2014-01-29 05:14
Researchers have uncovered a piece of botnet malware that is capable of infecting computers running Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux that have Oracle's Java software framework installed.
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Java's security dilemma: Old, vulnerable versions won't go away
Submitted by l33tdawg on Wed, 2014-01-22 01:33
Users of Java are caught between a rock and a hard place. They often need an older version of Java to run their applications, but those aged releases are susceptible to security breaches, which have plagued Java in recent years. Java accounted for 91 percent of Web exploits tallied -- and 14 percent of all successful PC exploits -- in Cisco Systems' recent 2014 Annual Security Report, far outpacing Adobe Flash and PDF documents, the other major "popular vectors for criminal activity," the report states. Specifically, Java on the client is the problem.
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Java called favorite target for hack attacks this year
Submitted by l33tdawg on Mon, 2013-09-30 01:22
Java was the most targeted development platform for exploit attacks during the first half of the year, and attacks have increasingly shifted to zero-day vulnerabilities, according to F-Secure's new threat report.
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Oracle makes tablet with Raspberry Pi and Java
Submitted by l33tdawg on Fri, 2013-09-27 01:15
Pretty much every tech company makes its own tablet now, so why not Oracle, too?
The enterprise software and hardware company has unveiled the "DukePad," a tablet powered by a Raspberry Pi and JavaSE Embedded 8. It's not actually for sale, but Oracle described it a few days ago in a technical keynote at its JavaOne conference and posted all the details on the OpenJDKWiki. In addition to providing instructions, open source software, and pointers to the necessary hardware, Oracle said it is "working with suppliers to make available pre-made kits that can be more easily assembled."
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Security of Java takes a dangerous turn for the worse, experts say
Submitted by l33tdawg on Thu, 2013-09-12 00:57
The security of Oracle's Java software framework, installed on some three billion devices worldwide, is taking a turn for the worse, thanks to an uptick in attacks targeting vulnerabilities that will never be patched and increasingly sophisticated exploits, security researchers said.
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