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Security professionals urge disabling Java on your PC

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http://www.zdnet.com/java-allows-open-h ... 000009701/
Security professionals urge disabling Java on your PC, saying that the computer language has created an "open hunting season on consumers" for hackers.

Talking to Reuters, Jaime Blasco, Labs Manager with security firm AlienVault Labs recommended that consumers begin to disable Oracle's Java software after the recent discovery of yet another security flaw which allows hackers to exploit computers. Blasco said:

"Java is a mess. It's not secure. You have to disable it."
However, it is not just Blasco who has concerns over the software's security. HD Moore, Rapid7's chief security officer -- a firm which assists businesses in identifying vulnerable elements in their infrastructure -- believes that Java has made a number of devices, including anything running on Mac OS X, Linux or Windows, vulnerable to attack.

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That's Java for ya. Some say it's always been this way, others say Oracle screwed up.

Me, I only use Java for one thing, playing Minecraft.

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Oracle Corp to fix Java security flaw "shortly".....

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Oracle Corp to fix Java security flaw "shortly".....

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/01/ ... EX20130112
Java was responsible for 50 percent of all cyber attacks last year in which hackers broke into computers by exploiting software bugs, according to Kaspersky. That was followed by Adobe Reader, which was involved in 28 percent of all incidents. Microsoft Windows and Internet Explorer were involved in about 3 percent of incidents, according to the survey.

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