Cyber Attack Alert

[al_g]

So, what do I do? shoot the computer...

I don't know if Sun has released a new version of Java just yet that fixes this hole. If they have update your java, if they haven't ignore ad links and if you are running Firefox I highly suggest the adblocker add-on.


To check your java version go to http://www.java.com/en/download/inst...tect=jre&try=1 and that will detect your version of installed Java. If it says you are up to date, don't need to do anything. Otherwise follow the download steps that the above link redirects you to.

[Mtn.man]

Thanks for the heads up,, just installed the latest version, my old one was from the middle ages evidently.

[theGinsue]

So, what do I do? shoot the computer...

I don't know if Sun has released a new version of Java just yet that fixes this hole. If they have update your java, if they haven't ignore ad links and if you are running Firefox I highly suggest the adblocker add-on.


To check your java version go to http://www.java.com/en/download/inst...tect=jre&try=1 and that will detect your version of installed Java. If it says you are up to date, don't need to do anything. Otherwise follow the download steps that the above link redirects you to.

Yeah, what he said! (Thanks al_g!)

Gotta love JRE and Adobe vulnerabilities, some months it seems like over half the IAVA's I see are for one or the other.

I LOVE (spelled L-o-a-t-h-e) IAVA and MBSA (Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer) scans. There are so danged many patches and updates to load every month that it's unreal. Making it more difficult is the fact that we have to massage the file names of the patches/etc to get them downloaded through our firewall (my unit/office doesn't control the firewall).

I agree about Adobe. You'd think that they'd be able to figure it out and close all of the vulnerabilities by now; instead, every version has MORE vulnerabilities.

[StagLefty]

Thanks for the heads up-I need all the help I can get when it comes to updates.

[Irving]

Would using sand boxie help with this issue? I go to UFC.com to see info on upcoming fights, but never click on ads. Are these sites just currently targeted until further notice or what?

[gnihcraes]

not seeing any alerts yet on my side of the world... where did you folks get the intel?