DEEJAYKEG Posted August 28, 2012 Member ID: 1238 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 35 Topic Count: 1207 Topics Per Day: 0.22 Content Count: 6083 Content Per Day: 1.08 Reputation: 4985 Achievement Points: 50728 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 11 Joined: 03/12/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 11, 2024 Posted August 28, 2012 "Within days of its discovery it appears that a new zero day flaw in Java could soon be in widespread use. FireEye first reported on the flaw being used in a targeted attack originating from a Chinese web server. The web page hosting the exploit is timestamped August 22nd, 2012. The flaw affects all versions of Oracle's Java 7 (version 1.7) on all supported platforms. Java 6 and earlier are unaffected. No patch is available at this time." Source: Sophos - full article here: http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2012/08/28/unpatched-java-exploit-spreads-like-wildfire/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=status+message&utm_campaign=naked+security Awards
Cavey Posted August 28, 2012 Member ID: 92 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 42 Topic Count: 97 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 2241 Content Per Day: 0.39 Reputation: 606 Achievement Points: 13358 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: May 11, 2020 Birthday: 06/09/1977 Posted August 28, 2012 Thx DJ. I'll check the server when back from holiday. Could you send me a pm with this as a reminder for me. Thx DEEJAYKEG 1
hxtr Posted August 28, 2012 Member ID: 220 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 147 Topic Count: 595 Topics Per Day: 0.10 Content Count: 16950 Content Per Day: 2.92 Reputation: 13538 Achievement Points: 129714 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 120 Joined: 09/04/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 26, 2023 Birthday: 04/05/1970 Posted August 28, 2012 Java is the number on hole in a computer system as all you have to do is visit a site and bam.... not matter what AV protection you have. If I got hit it was due to java.
Damage_inc- Posted August 28, 2012 Member ID: 2048 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 294 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 6689 Content Per Day: 1.26 Reputation: 4709 Achievement Points: 48999 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 5 Joined: 12/15/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: November 29, 2023 Birthday: 05/30/1967 Posted August 28, 2012 (edited) i just turned off java in browser for time being .deleted a couple new malware ive been gettin recently again also. Edited August 28, 2012 by Damage_inc- Awards
little_old_man Posted August 30, 2012 Member ID: 1194 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 40 Topic Count: 436 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 6692 Content Per Day: 1.19 Reputation: 11691 Achievement Points: 53094 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 76 Joined: 02/27/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 16, 2023 Birthday: 04/15/1960 Posted August 30, 2012 Anybody else having the problem with IE and now having to click the back-page button twice because of a twitter bug? I don't use twitter, but when I hit the back-page button it doesn't work. When I looked why there was a java based twitter link embedded in the code. All you have to do is add the link to your restricted sites and the problem is solved. Awards
DEEJAYKEG Posted August 30, 2012 Member ID: 1238 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 35 Topic Count: 1207 Topics Per Day: 0.22 Content Count: 6083 Content Per Day: 1.08 Reputation: 4985 Achievement Points: 50728 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 11 Joined: 03/12/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 11, 2024 Author Posted August 30, 2012 Anybody else having the problem with IE and now having to click the back-page button twice because of a twitter bug? I don't use twitter, but when I hit the back-page button it doesn't work. When I looked why there was a java based twitter link embedded in the code. All you have to do is add the link to your restricted sites and the problem is solved. Solution: Use Firefox... (Just updated to v15.0 by the way - it's a security update.) Awards
CobraBites Posted August 30, 2012 Member ID: 2313 Group: Fallen Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 330 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 4924 Content Per Day: 0.94 Reputation: 3034 Achievement Points: 33897 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 4 Joined: 03/19/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: August 2, 2017 Birthday: 05/26/1974 Posted August 30, 2012 (edited) Anybody else having the problem with IE and now having to click the back-page button twice because of a twitter bug? I don't use twitter, but when I hit the back-page button it doesn't work. When I looked why there was a java based twitter link embedded in the code. All you have to do is add the link to your restricted sites and the problem is solved. Solution: Use Firefox... (Just updated to v15.0 by the way - it's a security update.) i totally agree...i stopped using IE due to all the wholes the security of it..IE has soooooooo many holes that shit gets thru no matter what protection u got on ur pc..firefox is def the best way to go..and you can add adbloker plus as well it will block all the pop up ads that sites run as well as most pop up ads cause u to have alot of malware and adware u dont get them with firefox Edited August 30, 2012 by CobraBites
Warface Posted August 30, 2012 Member ID: 490 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 50 Topic Count: 12 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 446 Content Per Day: 0.08 Reputation: 350 Achievement Points: 3309 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/22/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: February 20 Birthday: 04/25/1973 Device: Windows Posted August 30, 2012 CHROME!!!! Awards
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