Oracle released a fix over the weekend for two serious vulnerabilities in Java, but this doesn’t seem to have improved matters much. The vulnerabilities, which affect Web browsers using Java 7 plugins, let attackers remotely exploit target systems without needing a username or password. The U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team has warned that users should disable Java even after applying Oracle’s patches unless it’s absolutely necessary to run it.
Can be directly traced to Minecraft? As a PC builder and repairman I had the good fortune of seeing java disappear on consumer PCs...until that damned game came out. Now thanks to Minecraft and the fact that Adobe adds the browser plug in with ZERO interaction from the user when you update java I have no doubt I'll be seeing all kinds of infected PCs that can be traced back to Minecraft.
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Oracle's Java Fix Fizzles
Posted by: Richard Adhikari January 14, 2013 01:41 PMOracle released a fix over the weekend for two serious vulnerabilities in Java, but this doesn’t seem to have improved matters much. The vulnerabilities, which affect Web browsers using Java 7 plugins, let attackers remotely exploit target systems without needing a username or password. The U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team has warned that users should disable Java even after applying Oracle’s patches unless it’s absolutely necessary to run it.