Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Java Exploit

Forget Oracle's Latest Java Patch.
Just Kill The Program In Your Browser For Good


      The latest Java patch(v7p10) which is in millions of the devices, even in the famous Apple. Have a security void which is very danger and stays for more than 300 days, after the Department of Homeland Security take the decision to tell java about the security flaw, Java quickly take the action and made a patch for the security void, but just after patch Department of Homeland Security found another security flaw. Russian security firm Kaspersky reported that exploit are used in 56% fully known attacks. Apple respond to the java flaw by disabling all java on safari by default. Many browser have been made "Hard to Exploit" but because java plug-in make it all change, by opening doors beyond "Sandbox" of the browsers. So as a advice is turn off java plug-in and use it only when you met a trusted site, you will be surprise that how less java is needed.

Major Concepts
  • What has happen - Describe what is happening and to what
  • How long has it been - How long has the problem been without us knowing
  • What must be done - To prevent it from happening what must be done
Potential Strengths/Advantages
  • What the java flaw does - Described in an easy way
  • Who was the first to discover - Who catch the chaos first
Potential Problems/Limitations/Disadvantages
  • Only Apple - Only describe what apple respond to Java flaw
Discussion Questions
  • How come the exploit happen?
  • What is poison IVY? and what it does?
Citation
Greenberg, Andy. "Forget Oracle's Latest Java Patch. Just Kill The Program In Your Browser For Good." Forbes. Forbes Magazine, 13 Jan. 2013. Web. 22 Jan. 2013.

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