Oracle issued an emergency update to its
widely-used Java web software on Sunday, but experts say it still contains
security flaws.
Last week the US government advised users to
disable it because of a bug that leaves computers vulnerable to being hacked.
Security specialists claim the fix has not
done enough to make PCs secure.
Oracle says that more than one billion people
use Java, and some games like Minecraft are built around it.
The bugs can make a computer open to
infection by viruses. Last year net security specialist Kaspersky said that 50%
of hacks carried out by seeking out software bugs were done via Java.
"We don't dare to tell users that it's
safe to enable Java again," Adam Gowdiak, a researcher with Poland's
Security Explorations told Reuters.
In a blog about the "unscheduled" update, Oracle says
it has changed Java's default security settings to "high" which it
says means users will be notified of any extra applications which start running
while they are browsing.
Oracle says the vulnerability applies to the
latest version of the software, Java 7. It has declined to comment.
Java
is a programming language that enables software to run on. [BBC News]You can follow me on Twitter, add me to your circles on Google+ or Subscribe to me on facebook or YouTube. You can also check my website and blog to keep yourself updated with what is happening in the ever changing world of technology
No comments:
Post a Comment