The Department Of Homeland Security issued a statement advising Internet users to disable Java. Since the initial release, DHS has updated the advisory: Systems Affected Any system using Oracle Java 7 (1.7, 1.7.0) including Java Platform Standard Edition 7 (Java SE 7) Java SE Development Kit (JDK 7) Java SE Runtime Environment (JRE 7) OpenJDK [...]
NBC.com was hacked and malicious code was placed on the homepage that looks for exploits on your browser (through plug-ins such as Adobe Acrobat and Java, as well as, iframe script.) When browsing the web, users should take care in viewing pages with exploitable code. The hack known as Citadel is downloaded onto a victim’s [...]
Facebook was hacked last month; however, they did not notify users for a month. Why? Here is what Facebook says: Facebook, like every significant internet service, is frequently targeted by those who want to disrupt or access our data and infrastructure. As such, we invest heavily in preventing, detecting, and responding to threats that target [...]
Twitter announced its systems had been hacked an 250,000 users personal information had been compromised. Turn off your Java! “Earlier this week, hackers gained access to Twitter’s internal systems and stole information, compromising 250,000 Twitter accounts before the breach was stopped. Reporting the incident on the company’s official blog, Twitter’s manager of network security did [...]