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Why You Can't Dump Java (Even Though You Want To)
snydeq writes "Since so many recent exploits have used Java as their attack vector, you might conclude Java should be shown the exit, but the reality is that Java is not the problem, writes Security Advisor's Roger Grimes. 'Sure, I could opt not to use those Java-enabled services or install Java and uninstall when I'm finished. But the core problem isn't necessarily Java's exploitability; nearly all software is exploitable. It's unpatched Java. Few successful Java-related attacks are related to zero-day exploits. Almost all are related to Java security bugs that have been patched for months (or longer),' Grimes writes. 'The bottom line is that we aren't addressing the real problems. It isn't a security bug here and there in a particular piece of software; that's a problem we'll never get rid of. Instead, we allow almost all cyber criminals to get away with their Internet crime without any penalty. They almost never get caught and punished. Until we solve the problem of accountability, we will never get rid of the underlying problem.'"
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Instead, we allow almost all cyber criminals to get away with their Internet crime without any penalty.
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These posts bear a startling similarity to some of the work of the late, great Michael Kristopeit, whose shadow you would probably cower under.
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"Some popular things, like Gold Ingots, are just harder to steal because Fort Knox has better security. Even with a map, a tour, and three corrupt ex-guards on your payroll you aren't going to succeed."
Or employ the Goldfinger option. Drop a Nuke on Oracle, and another on on Microsoft just for giggles, and thus make all your alternate code much more valuable.