According to Apple’s own customer discussion forums and Mac French web site MacGenerations (Google Translation), the company has once again remotely disabled any updates to the latest update for Java 7. The reason for this action is currently not known. But it is rumored that Oracle did not fix all of the security holes that […]
Sunday, we reported that Oracle was developing a fix for the Zero Day virus that was recently discovered. Now the fix is now available at Oracle’s web site at http://www.oracle.com.
In response to the discovery of a Java 7 flaw that prompted Apple to disable the software in OS X, Oracle issued a statement saying it is currently working on a fix and will release the patch soon. Via: AppleInsider.com
“As noted by ZDNet, a major security vulnerability in Java 7 has been discovered, with the vulnerability currently being exploited in the wild by malicious parties,” Eric Slivka reports for MacRumors. “In response to threat, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has recommended that users disable the Java 7 browser plug-in entirely until a patch is made available […]
