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 ...

Mac OS X contains a serious security vulnerability in its implementation of Java, according to several security experts. The vulnerability remains in the software even after Sun had disclosed and ...

Attackers are exploiting a new and unpatched vulnerability that affects the latest version of Java — Java 7 Update 6 — in order to infect computers with malware, according to researchers from security ...

Security researchers from Polish vulnerability research firm Security Explorations claim to have identified a new vulnerability in Java 7 that could allow attackers to bypass the software’s security ...

Anyone still using a Java plug-in in their Web browser, beware: Another major, new--and as yet unpatched--vulnerability has been spotted in Java. Unfortunately, unlike a number of the other, recently ...

Researchers announced on Monday that hackers are taking advantage of a zero-day vulnerability in Oracle's Java 7, with the newly discovered flaw able to exploit any platform, including Apple's OS X.

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 ...

Another day, another Java vulnerability discovery: this time, it affects most versions of the ubiquitous application. The good news is that so far, there's no exploit code circulating--yet. The ...

Apple has apparently not addressed a relatively long-standing bug in Java that allows for arbitrary code execution as the current user, which can be dangerous if you are running as administrator. This ...

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Apple has finally issued a patch for a critical Java vulnerability in Mac OS X that made headlines last month. The update comes as part of Java for Mac OS X 10.5 Update 4, a 158MB download from both ...