atom feed15 messages in net.java.dev.jugs.jug-leaders[jug-leaders] Re: Java 7 0day
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Tobias FrechAug 27, 2012 4:55 am 
John YearyAug 28, 2012 6:49 am 
Víctor OrozcoAug 28, 2012 8:46 am 
Hildeberto MendonçaAug 30, 2012 12:34 am 
John YearyAug 30, 2012 5:27 am 
Víctor OrozcoAug 31, 2012 3:46 pm 
Georges SaabSep 1, 2012 11:04 pm 
Frans ThamuraSep 1, 2012 11:19 pm 
Mattias KarlssonSep 11, 2012 5:51 am 
Frans ThamuraSep 11, 2012 5:56 am 
Donald SmithSep 11, 2012 6:01 am 
Tobias FrechSep 11, 2012 9:27 am 
Donald SmithSep 11, 2012 9:35 am 
Toth, CsabaSep 11, 2012 12:53 pm 
Hildeberto MendonçaSep 12, 2012 12:48 am 
Subject:[jug-leaders] Re: Java 7 0day
From:John Yeary (john@gmail.com)
Date:Aug 28, 2012 6:49:20 am
List:net.java.dev.jugs.jug-leaders

There is an article from ARSTechnica recommending the same thing.

http://arstechnica.com/security/2012/08/critical-flaw-under-active-attack-prompts-calls-to-disable-java/

Any comments?

John

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On Mon, Aug 27, 2012 at 7:57 AM, Tobias Frech <tob@frech.info> wrote:

Hi! The biggest German IT-news service heise.de is running a story about the latest 0day in Java 7:

http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Warnung-vor-kritischer-Java-Luecke-1675454.html

At the end of the article they recommend to disable the Java plugin in general!

Oracle, this is your wake up call to handle such situations and the reputation of Java proactivly.

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