Oracle updates Java, security experts say bugs remain

Posted on January 14, 2013

Company logo shown at headquarters for Oracle Corp shown in Redwood CityBOSTON (Reuters) – Oracle Corp released an emergency update to its Java software for surfing the Web on Sunday, but security experts said the update fails to protect PCs from attack by hackers intent on committing cyber crimes. The software maker released the update just days after the U.S. Department of Homeland Security urged PC users to disable the program because of bugs in the software that were being exploited to commit identity theft and other crimes. …


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