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The world's leading security firm, Kaspersky has just released their Third Quarter of 2012 Security Threats Analysis pinpointing Java as the top attack target.
For the past few months there have been enormous backlash on Java language aside from the bad press the language system has received. Some of the unpopular news for Java is that Apple did not only killed off Flash on their OS, they definitely removed Java from its hardware.
For Personal Computer users, they were encouraged to not only disable Java on their browser but removed Java altogether from PC machines.
According to the latest findings from Kaspersky Labs, Java have played a role in 56% of attacks, it was followed afar by Adobe Acrobat at 25%. Kaspersky commented that the cross platform nature of Java makes it attractive to malware writers as well as to app developers.
Kaspersky also points out that the lack of an enforced Java update mechanism means that vulnerabilities tend to stay active for longer. There is an estimated 1.1 billion Java installations worldwide.
Recently it seems that the sandboxing provided by the Hotspot VM has been compromised and this exploit not only turns up in targeted attacks but in exploit packs, allowing others to use the same entry points with little effort.
Another interesting facts gathered by Kaspersky on their Q3 2012 Security Threats report is that the Windows and IE account for only 4% of vulnerabilities, which is possibly due to the enforced updates introduced for the last few years.
Meanwhile Adobe Flash notched up an insignificant 3%. Android root attacks also accounted for only 2%.
For more information about the rest of the reports from Kaspersky Q3 2012 Security Threats Report just visit Kaspersky Secure List
For the past few months there have been enormous backlash on Java language aside from the bad press the language system has received. Some of the unpopular news for Java is that Apple did not only killed off Flash on their OS, they definitely removed Java from its hardware.
For Personal Computer users, they were encouraged to not only disable Java on their browser but removed Java altogether from PC machines.
According to the latest findings from Kaspersky Labs, Java have played a role in 56% of attacks, it was followed afar by Adobe Acrobat at 25%. Kaspersky commented that the cross platform nature of Java makes it attractive to malware writers as well as to app developers.
Kaspersky also points out that the lack of an enforced Java update mechanism means that vulnerabilities tend to stay active for longer. There is an estimated 1.1 billion Java installations worldwide.
Recently it seems that the sandboxing provided by the Hotspot VM has been compromised and this exploit not only turns up in targeted attacks but in exploit packs, allowing others to use the same entry points with little effort.
Another interesting facts gathered by Kaspersky on their Q3 2012 Security Threats report is that the Windows and IE account for only 4% of vulnerabilities, which is possibly due to the enforced updates introduced for the last few years.
Meanwhile Adobe Flash notched up an insignificant 3%. Android root attacks also accounted for only 2%.
For more information about the rest of the reports from Kaspersky Q3 2012 Security Threats Report just visit Kaspersky Secure List