vulnerability Archives

Ramped up

Oracle outline future Java security plans with extra fixes

#codebase #cpu #critical patch update #fixes #java #jdk #oracle #patches #security #source code #steward #vulnerability

Javas steward reveal extra practices to rid the platform of vulnerabilities including extra security fixes, enterprise controls and server side reductions

Versioning by numbers

Oracle updates Java version numbering in light of recent security vulnerabilities

#browser #cpus #java #java 8 #jdk #oracle #security #version #vulnerability

Finally Oracle have bowed to growing pressure and come up with a quick-fix to the security problems besieging Java.

Going Java-less

Do you really need Java in your browser?

#browser #flash #java #java deployment toolkit #malware #open source #security #tavis ormandy #twitter #vulnerability

A new, Java-related malware threat makes its way around Twitter, prompting some bloggers to question whether we really need Java in the browser anymore.

Timing Attack Fix

Apache CouchDB 0.10.2

#apache #couchdb #open source #security #vulnerability

Apache CouchDB version 0.10.2 is now available. Apache CouchDB is a document-oriented database that can be queried and indexed using […]

Security Patches

Vulnerabilities in Java SE and Java For Business

#java #java for business #open source #patches #se #security #vulnerability

Oracle have released patches for two vulnerabilities (CVE-2010-0886 and CVE-2010-0887) that affect Oracle Java SE and Oracle Java For Business, […]

Firefox Plugin

Fireshark for Identifying Malicious Code

#firefox #open source #security #vulnerability

Fireshark is now available to download. The open source Fireshark is a Firefox plugin combined with a set of processing […]

Security

Lyric Website Exploits Java Web Start Vulnerability

#java #java deployment toolkit #java web start #open source #security #vulnerability

After Tavis Ormandy published a proof of concept on how to exploit a vulnerability in the Java Deployment Toolkit, Roger […]