In as much as Java and Adobe Flash Player have taken recent beatings where security is concerned, apparently no platform is safe. Per the BBC, a recently discovered flaw in the HTML 5 coding language could allow websites to bombard users with gigabytes of junk data, with a number of popular browsers being open to […]
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Ok, maybe we were a bit hasty in blaming the chinese… Per Bloomberg, while earlier reports suggested hackers who targeted Apple emanated from China, investigators now believe the criminals are instead based out of Eastern Europe. The attacks on Apple, Facebook, Twitter and others are now linked to “an Eastern European gang of hackers that […]
Well, this is a bit awkward. Following up on a recent, wide-ranging malware attack, Apple releases Java updates for its Mac OS X 10.6, 10.7 and 10.8 operating systems. The first update, Java for Mac OS X 10.6 Update 13, stands as a 69.32 megabyte download and offers the following fixes and changes: – Java […]
This sort of came out of left field, but if you’re running Mac OS X 10.6, you should probably install it. Late Friday, Apple released Java for Mac OS X 10.6 Update 12, a Java update for its Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) operating system. The update, a 72.8 megabyte download, offers the following […]
When it comes to Java, there’s always an argument to be had between Apple and Oracle. Per MacGeneration, the recently released Java 7 Update 11 has been blocked by Apple through its XProtect anti-malware feature in OS X. Oracle issued the latest update to Java earlier this month to fix a serious zero-day security flaw. […]