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Java is getting a security update today to fix a number of bugs that can be used in drive-by attacks.
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Oracle has issued an emergency patch for its Java software after a string of high-profile hacking incidents at companies including Apple, Facebook, Twitter, and Microsoft.
Microsoft is the latest company targeted by a sophisticated Java-based cyberattack that focuses on mobile app developers -- particularly those using Macs.
Facebook was hacked last month, though it promises no user data was compromised.
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Only one day after Oracle fixed a highly-publicized hole in Java, a new zero-day attack surfaced on online hacker forums. The zero-day owner says the exploit will be released to the highest bidder.
The Department of Homeland Security says, despite Oracle's recent Java patch, that you should keep Java disabled to "mitigate other Java vulnerabilities that may be discovered in the future."
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security believes you shouldn't be using Java until an update has been issued to fix a dangerous hole.
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Oracle patched the hole in Java 7 that allows hackers to secretly download malware to your computer today, in an uncharacteristic update to its software. But it seems the company knew about the issue far longer than the rest of us.
Oracle v. Google re: Java found a way to get interesting again. A couple of months after Oracle's billion-dollar fishing expedition went bust when Google's Android was found not to infringe on Java patents, the judge has asked both parties which bloggers they paid.
Google scored a legal victory today, as a federal jury has decided that the search giant wasn’t guilty of patent infringement claims made by Oracle.
The two companies have been wrapped up in a legal battle since August 2010, when …
Taking the witness stand today in an ongoing legal battle royale, Android co-founder Andy Rubin may have given Oracle some heavy artillery in its lawsuit against Google.
Rubin, who began working on building Android in 2003, said in court today …
