{"id":7056,"date":"2013-01-14T13:06:02","date_gmt":"2013-01-14T07:36:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.entecity.com\/?p=7056"},"modified":"2013-01-14T13:06:02","modified_gmt":"2013-01-14T07:36:02","slug":"zero-day-java-exploit-more-than-850-million-computers-hacked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/zero-day-java-exploit-more-than-850-million-computers-hacked\/","title":{"rendered":"Zero-Day Java exploit; More than 850 million computers hacked!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Recently, security experts found a <strong>zero-day Java exploit<\/strong> which allows hackers to take control of vulnerable PCs, Macs and Linux computers. The experts also recommended users to uninstall or disable Java from their computers.<\/p>\n<p>Windows, Mac OS X and Linux desktops running multiple browser platforms are all vulnerable to attacks. The \u2018<strong>Java exploit<\/strong>\u2019, exploits the vulnerability left open in Java 7 Update 10, which was released in October 2012. The exploit works by forcing users to visit a malicious website that takes advantage of a security flaw to take control of the users&#8217; computer. Once the hacker takes over victim&#8217;s computer, victim will have to pay to have control of their computers returned from the hacker&#8217;s grasp.<\/p>\n<p>When the Update 10 was released, Oracle said it is &#8220;strongly recommended&#8221; that users update to receive &#8220;key security features and bug fixes.&#8221;Oracle hasn&#8217;t specified the number of users who have downloaded Java 7 Update 10. However Java runs on more than 850 million computers and other devices all over the world.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued a warning advising users to disable Java until a fix is discovered. Apple has disabled Java in response to the threat. Mozilla is warning users and advertising a Firefox feature called &#8220;Click to Play&#8221; which stops Java from loading on individual web sites until a user allows it.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Oracle on Sunday released <strong>Java 7 Update 11<\/strong> to solve the recently identified security vulnerability. If you use Java, you can <strong>download the latest update now from the Java<\/strong> Control Panel or directly from Oracle\u2019s website here:<br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.oracle.com\/technetwork\/java\/javase\/downloads\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">Java SE 7u11<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recently, security experts found a zero-day Java exploit which allows hackers to take control of vulnerable PCs, Macs and Linux computers. The experts also recommended users to uninstall or disable Java from their computers. Windows, Mac OS X and Linux desktops running multiple browser platforms are all vulnerable to attacks. The \u2018Java exploit\u2019, exploits the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7057,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[81,448],"class_list":["post-7056","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technology","tag-hacking","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7056"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7056"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7056\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7057"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7056"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7056"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7056"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}