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Oracle Fixes Java Vulnerability Used By Russian Cyberspies (itworld.com)

Posted by samzenpus on from the protect-ya-neck dept.

itwbennett writes: Oracle said that it has fixed 154 security flaws in Java and a wide range of its other products, including one that Russian cyberespionage group Pawn Storm used to launch stealthy attacks earlier this year. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2015-4902, was being used by the Pawn Storm attackers to enable the execution of a malicious Java application without user interaction.

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  1. Re:So, Java? by EmeraldBot · · Score: 1, Funny

    Yes, but if I may say so, it's rather clear you haven't been...

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    "Set a man a fire, he'll be warm for the rest of the night. Set a man afire, he'll be warm for the rest of his life."