To do this I will point you to the excellent guide to disabling Java by security journalist Brian Krebs.
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For Windows users out there, I point you to the excellent guide to disabling Java by security journalist Brian Krebs.
Recently, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced that there is a major security flaw in all versions of Java.
That last can really be a problem, since older versions of Java are still susceptible to security exploits from malware.
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After months of inaction and even a warning from the Department of Homeland Security, Oracle has finally released a fix for yet another security vulnerability in its ubiquitous and notoriously buggy Java software.
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The US-CERT, which is affiliated with the Department of Homeland Security, is advising people to disable Java in Web browsers.
Oracle issued an emergency update to its widely-used Java web software on Sunday, but experts say it still contains security flaws.
Earlier this week a new and very serious vulnerability was discovered by security researchers in the Java platform that is installed into millions computers worldwide.
Sendul in West Java to visit the Indonesia Peace and Security Centre, a new training centre for peacekeepers.
Moore, chief security officer at the security firm Rapid7 who has tested numerous Java exploitation techniques over the last year.
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Oracle just scored points with the security community for rushing out an early patch for a critical security flaw in Java that was already being widely exploited by the cybercriminal underground.
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If you must use Java, make sure that you have downloaded the latest updates, which include key security patches.
"We don't dare to tell users that it's safe to enable Java again, " Adam Gowdiak, a researcher with Poland's Security Explorations told Reuters.
Since OS X Lion, Macs have shipped without Java installed, and as an added security measure OS X automatically disables Java if it has been unused for 35 days.
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Until the security flaw is patched, Homeland Security is advising people to disable Java in any computer or device that accesses the Internet.
The company is effectively blaming malware that was written in Java, a popular programming language overseen by Oracle, that is known to have many security flaws.
Twitter suggested that users disable Java, which has been subject to an endless stream of security vulnerabilities, without explicitly saying that Java served as the initial entrypoint for the attack.
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Security holes in Oracle's Java have been responsible for a number of the recent attacks.
"If you don't need Java, uninstall it from your system, " he wrote in a blogpost about the security updates.
When attacks against Java began appearing last month, security researchers advised users to disable the program until the flaw was patched.
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Polish researchers at the firm Security Explorations say they warned Oracle of a collection of issues in Java as early as April.
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The reality is that the security flaw in the Java programming language will likely find vulnerabilities in a wide range of industries.
Java in many ways goes against all the security trends that have made browsers harder to exploit in recent years.
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Oracle, which acquired Java when it bought Sun Microsystems in 2010, has not yet issued a security patch for this particular vulnerability.
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Security holes in Oracle's Java programming language have been responsible for a number of the recent attacks.
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