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Sun patches at least 14 bugs in Java

2008-12-03 00:00:00 by HASH0x8b20154 in Network World on Security
 
Sun patched at least 14 vulnerabilities in Java Tuesday as it updated the popular software to version 6.0, build 11
 
 
 
 
 
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Java Droppings On My PC

2008-08-07 22:35:28 by Editor in Cheap Hack
 
...Java update program . If you've been using and updating Java for a while and you check Add/Remove Programs (Programs and Features on Vista) you'll see more than one copy of Java installed. Susan's PC shows quite a few, a situation I've seen myself in the past. When you install an update, Sun leaves all of the previous versions on the system....
 
 
 
 
 
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Java Droppings on My PC

2008-08-07 22:35:28 by Editor in Cheap Hack
 
...Java update program . If you've been using and updating Java for a while and you check Add/Remove Programs (Programs and Features on Vista), you'll see more than one copy of Java installed. Susan's PC shows quite a few, a situation I've seen myself in the past. When you install an update, Sun leaves all of the previous versions on the system....
 
 
 
 
 
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Sun To Pick Up Java Droppings In Future

2008-08-10 21:27:28 by Editor in Cheap Hack
 
...Java platform, at least on Windows, will address the old version problem . As I have blogged recently, the current Java versions leave all the old updates in place when you install a new one . Just this morning, while visiting my mother-in-law I uninstalled about a dozen old Java updates. Scheduled for release this summer or fall, Java 6...
 
 
 
 
 
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The case for Java modularity

2008-08-26 00:00:00 by HASH0x8472bf8 in Network World on Security
 
It never rains but it pours! Get some background on the long and winding road to Java modularity, then compare the two specification requests vying for inclusion in Java 7: JSR 291: Dynamic Component Support for Java SE and JSR 277: (Sun's) Java Module System
 
 
 
 
 
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Stealing Password Hashes with Java and IE

2008-06-09 11:34:54 by Dave Lewis in Liquidmatrix Security Digest
 
...Java and Internet Exploder From Aut Disce, Aut Discede Consider for a moment the state of client-side bugs 5 or 6 years ago. Attacks such as this, a multi-stage miscellany of IE and Mediaplayer bugs that resulted in the silent delivery and installation of an executable on the target computer, no client input other than viewing a web page were...
 
 
 
 
 
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Apple patches months-old Java bugs

2008-09-27 00:00:00 by HASH0x8472bbc in Network World on Security
 
Apple patched nearly 30 Java vulnerabilities in Mac OS X Wednesday, months after Sun, Java's developer, fixed most of the same flaws for other operating systems
 
 
 
 
 
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Researcher reveals critical Java bugs in Nokia phones

2008-08-11 13:00:00 by Editor in Computerworld Security News
 
Two critical flaws in Sun Microsystems' Java technology for mobile devices could be used by hackers to secretly make calls, record conversations and access information on Nokia Series 40 cell phones, a Polish researcher said today
 
 
 
 
 
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Sun Gives Advance Notice of Java Update

2008-12-01 17:52:01 by Editor in Cheap Hack
 
...Java. This is the first example, to my knowledge, of an advance notification of an update by Sun Microsystems. In fact, it's the first advance notification I know of except for those from Microsoft, which started the practice to accommodate planning by IT departments. Microsoft's advance notifications come four days in advance of the actual...
 
 
 
 
 
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Sun patches at least 14 bugs in Java