You’ll never lack a job in IT security… Per Computerworld, researchers announced on Monday that hackers are taking advantage of a zero-day vulnerability in Oracle’s Java 7, with the newly discovered flaw able to exploit any platform, including Apple’s OS X. According to Tod Beardsley, engineering manager for open-source testing framework Metasploit, hackers can use […]
Tag: applets
Late Friday, Mozilla.org released version 10.0.2 of its Firefox web browser. The new version stands as a 31.4 megabyte download and adds the following fixes and changes: – Fixed: Java applets sometimes caused text input to become unresponsive (bug 718939). – NEW: Most add-ons are now compatible with new versions of Firefox by default. – […]
On Tuesday, Mozilla.org released version 10.0.1 of its Firefox web browser. The new version stands as a 31.8 megabyte download and adds the following fixes and changes: – FIXED: Java applets sometimes caused text input to become unresponsive (bug 718939). – NEW: Most add-ons are now compatible with new versions of Firefox by default. – […]
Late Thursday, Apple released an update to Java for Mac OS X 10.5 (“Leopard”). Apple Java for OS X 10.5 Update 5, a 161.3 megabyte download, includes fixes from all previous updates and brings with it improved reliability, security, and compatibility for the cross-platform technology. According to Macworld, the update patches many Java-related security vulnerabilities, […]