{"id":68356,"date":"2013-01-11T03:56:45","date_gmt":"2013-01-11T01:56:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=68356"},"modified":"2013-01-11T09:02:14","modified_gmt":"2013-01-11T07:02:14","slug":"java-security-warning-from-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/security\/68356-java-security-warning-from-us.html","title":{"rendered":"Java security warning from US"},"content":{"rendered":"

The US Department of Homeland Security warned Thursday that a flaw in Java<\/a> software is so dangerous that people should stop using it.<\/p>\n

“This vulnerability is being attacked in the wild, and is reported to be incorporated into exploit kits,” the department’s Computer Emergency Readiness Team said in a notice on its website.<\/p>\n

“We are currently unaware of a practical solution to this problem.”<\/p>\n

The recommended solution was to disable Java, which typically runs as a plug-in program in web browsers.<\/p>\n

Java is distributed by business software powerhouse Oracle<\/a> and is popular because it lets developers create websites in code that can be accessed regardless of a computer’s operating system.<\/p>\n

Java was created by Sun Microsystems<\/a>, which was purchased by Northern California-based Oracle.<\/p>\n

Hackers who get people to visit booby-trapped websites can exploit the Java vulnerability to execute code on computers, according to security firms that have backed up CERT’s warning.<\/p>\n

More security news<\/h3>\n

Hacker convicted for iPad data breach<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Unhackable telecom networks a step closer<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Anonymous targets Israeli websites<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

SA credit cards hacking party revealed<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Anonymous targets Zynga<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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