Here: https://krebsonsecurity.com/2012/08/att … a-exploit/
And here is the page on how to unplug java: http://krebsonsecurity.com/how-to-unplu … e-browser/
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How about not posting then? ;o
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EdgeGamer wrote:
How about not telling people that they can wreck Java?
He was replying to soniku3.
Yet another reason to use quotes.
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soniku3 wrote:
I don't care.
Okay, so don't post here! This topic is one for a security flaw in Java and if you're not interested then don't bother posting!
Do you join a soccer club if you don't like soccer and then whine about it? No, and you don't post on a topic you don't like and then whine about it.
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I don't really care, agreed. Java has been dead for a long time; however, if there's an articles about how to "hack" it, people are going to do so.
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EdgeGamer wrote:
How about not telling people that they can wreck Java?
People already know. Hackers do not use Scratch as their primary info channel.
I posted it so that Scratchers won't be attacked by viruses using this bug.
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Oh hai I'm on Linux right now.
like, none of that applies to me. (works under Google Chrome at least under XP, etc).
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I don't even use the Java player in Scratch anymore. Flash FTW.
But staying off of Google Maps? NOOOOOO! I like looking up random things there.
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PonyoPenguin wrote:
I don't even use the Java player in Scratch anymore. Flash FTW.
But staying off of Google Maps? NOOOOOO! I like looking up random things there.
Download Google Earth. You can still look at random things there
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Firedrake969 wrote:
Java has been dead for a long time;
Yes - in the web at least. People here have mentioned Minecraft, Android, etc. but there's no way one would be able to, say, exploit this fault in Android because it uses it's own Java VM.
The requirements for a successful exploit are also very specific: Chrome under XP, etc.
also this:
scratchisthebest wrote:
Oh hai I'm on Linux right now.
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Uhh...no, this was on the news today.
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technoguyx wrote:
Chrome under XP
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Wait guys this article is from August and says Oracle isn't planned to update Java 'til October
So haven't they probably fixed it yet??
Last edited by veggieman001 (2013-01-11 18:57:36)
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The government doesn't say so.
Wait, it was from August? I've been using Java for WAY too long...
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Snowdrift wrote:
technoboy10 wrote:
Doesn't Minecraft use Java?
Yep. And Runescape. And Android.
And not to mention Google Maps.
Doesn't Google Maps use JavaScript, not Java?
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okay
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nathanprocks wrote:
Snowdrift wrote:
technoboy10 wrote:
Doesn't Minecraft use Java?
Yep. And Runescape. And Android.
And not to mention Google Maps.Doesn't Google Maps use JavaScript, not Java?
Er, yeah
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