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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MihiCherub" data-source="post: 14385674" data-attributes="member: 238676">Oracle  has just released an emergency update to its Java, which was intended  to fix major security vulnerability in the software. However, security  experts warn that the released update isn’t effective and Oracle  shouldn’t have bothered. The update was released after the Department of Homeland Security urged  users all over the country to disable Java due to presence of bugs in  the software. US Homeland Security warned that Java was being used to  commit identity theft. According to Adam Gowdiak, a Polish researcher from Security  Explorations, who has found a number of bugs in the software over 2011,  the latest update from the company still leaves a few important security  vulnerabilities unfixed, so he wouldn’t recommend users to enable Java  again. The fact that Oracle isn’t able to fix the software means that computers  running Java in their web browsers are still vulnerable to attack by  anyone seeking to steal personal details and use them later in scams.  Moreover, the scale has already reached the point where the largest  security outfits recommend companies to remove Java from the web  browsers of all employees, except for those who can’t go without it. It seems that things might get even worse. For instance, HD Moore, chief  security officer with Rapid7, believes that it will take Oracle no less  than 2 years to fix all the security flaws for the version of Java used  for surfing the Internet. He pointed out that it might be better to  assume that Java would always remain vulnerable, but people anyway don’t  actually need it. In response, Oracle claimed that its latest update fixed 2 bugs in the  version of Java 7 for Internet browsers. In addition, it switched Java’s  security settings to “high” by default, thus making it more difficult  for suspicious software to run on a computer without the knowledge of  the user. <img src="http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/g451/mihicherub/Java_zpsabc97034.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Source - ET Article </blockquote>

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