The first line of defense is to turn off Java in your web browser, so we have rounded up instructions on how to do that in the major browsers (Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Opera, and Internet Explorer). We hope to publish a detailed technical analysis of the vulnerability (officially known as CVE-2012-4681) here on the blog fairly soon, but in the meantime we wanted to provide some practical advice on how to avoid becoming a victim of the malware that is already being deployed to exploit it. This vulnerability is the subject of a US-CERT Alert ( TA12-240A) and ESET researchers have been able to confirm that the Blackhole exploit kit, popular with malware makers, now has the ability to take advantage of the vulnerability. Why? The bad guys are hard at work trying to exploit a zero day vulnerability in the latest version of Java (version 1.7, Update 6.). Now is the time to disable Java in your web browser, or even remove it from your system if that is practical. This vulnerability is the subject of a US-CERT ![]() ![]() ![]()
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