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DHS advises disabling Java
« on: January 11, 2013, 06:55:00 PM »
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Re: DHS advises disabling Java
« Reply #1 on: January 11, 2013, 06:57:22 PM »
That's fairly highlarious since half the fed.gov's finance and budget programs run on Java.
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Re: DHS advises disabling Java
« Reply #2 on: January 11, 2013, 06:58:59 PM »
Just looked at the by-line date on the bottom link - it was 6 months ago!

And AM talk radio is just getting around to telling the rest of us?

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Re: DHS advises disabling Java
« Reply #3 on: January 11, 2013, 07:00:07 PM »
Quote from: Ben on January 11, 2013, 06:57:22 PM
That's fairly highlarious since half the fed.gov's finance and budget programs run on Java.

Which just might explain the current national fiscal status.

 [popcorn]

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Re: DHS advises disabling Java
« Reply #4 on: January 11, 2013, 08:43:41 PM »
Quote from: vaskidmark on January 11, 2013, 06:58:59 PM
Just looked at the by-line date on the bottom link - it was 6 months ago!

And AM talk radio is just getting around to telling the rest of us?

stay safe.

This is a new one, there has been a few, the bottom link was an older zero day.
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Re: DHS advises disabling Java
« Reply #5 on: January 14, 2013, 02:01:30 PM »
They created patches & other stuff to fix things.

get it here:

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/alert-cve-2013-0422-1896849.html

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Re: DHS advises disabling Java
« Reply #6 on: January 14, 2013, 02:06:04 PM »
Quote from: vaskidmark on January 11, 2013, 06:55:00 PM
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/technology/chi-homeland-security-urges-computer-users-to-disable-java-20130111,0,5686660.story

http://www.zdnet.com/homeland-security-warns-to-disable-java-amid-zero-day-flaw-7000009713/

http://www.hstoday.us/focused-topics/cybersecurity/single-article-page/us-cert-advises-enterprises-to-disable-java.html

They admit they cannot do any kind of work-around.

So much for, among other things, porn surfing.  I guess we'll see lots of .gov computers displaying solitaire games.

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Re: DHS advises disabling Java
« Reply #7 on: January 14, 2013, 02:06:38 PM »
Keep in mind that the exploiters are moving faster than the companies. Java is pretty much ALWAYS vulnerable.

Central tenet of information security is that there's no such thing as being secure. Focus on the response, and minimizing losses from the INEVITABLE breach.
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