CRN

Java Exploits Up, Adobe Attacks Down: Cisco Report

Java exploits appear to be increasing as attacks targeting Adobe Reader and Acrobat decline, according to a Cisco 3Q10 Global Threat Report, released Wednesday. Java exploits rose from 5 percent of ...
Computerworld

Researchers warn of new Java exploit being used by attackers

A new exploit for a previously unknown and unpatched Java vulnerability is being actively used by attackers to infect computers with malware, according to researchers from security firm FireEye. “We ...
CRN

Microsoft Warns Of 'Unprecedented' Rise In Java Exploits

Microsoft warned users about an "unprecedented wave of Java exploitation" in 2010, enabling hackers to use widespread Java vulnerabilities to launch malicious attacks. Thus far in 2010, Microsoft ...
CSOonline

Cybercriminals add new exploit for patched Java vulnerability to their arsenal

Cybercriminals were quick to integrate a newly released exploit for a Java vulnerability patched in June into a tool used to launch mass attacks against users, an independent malware researcher warned ...
Computerworld

Java zero-day exploit goes mainstream, 100+ sites serve malware

Attackers using two recently-uncovered Java unpatched vulnerabilities, or “zero-days,” have quickly expanded their reach by going mainstream, security experts said today. And on Tuesday, Mozilla, ...
adtmag.com

Java Exploits Up in 2010, Cisco Says

Cisco Systems says Java vulnerabilities are now exploited more often than holes in Adobe's Acrobat and Reader applications. The networking giant's 2010 Annual Security Report states that in January ...
InfoWorld

Java zero-day vulnerability actively exploited by attackers

An exploit for a previously unknown and currently unpatched vulnerability in Java is being used by cybercriminals to infect computers with malware, according to security researchers. An independent ...
CSOonline

Unpatched Java vulnerability exploited to infect Macs with Flashback malware

A Java vulnerability that hasn’t yet been patched by Apple is being exploited by cybercriminals to infect Mac computers with a new variant of the Flashback malware, according to security researchers ...
Network World

Silverlight malvertising exploits on the rise

Microsoft Silverlight vulnerabilities are increasingly being exploited in drive-by download attacks to infect computers with malware, especially through malicious ads. Attackers have been adding ...
Ars Technica

Malware attacks thousands of Yahoo.com visitors through Java exploit

I know it's standard for advertisers to be able to inject code into web sites, but that's a really irresponsible setup. Advertisers should just be able to serve images and text, which should run ...
Ars Technica

MSE detected a java exploit?

I hadn't ran a "full scan" in a while so I randomly did this morning and I'm glad I did. Microsoft Security Essentials 2 reported that it found to potential threats rated "severe" and it wanted them ...