Simply viewing a GIFAR won't infect a system; the attack method requires that the user be linked to the hybridized infection from an appropriately malicious web site.

Seculert researchers identified a Java exploit and corresponding attack pages on Red October command and control servers ...

Microsoft has warned of three flaws affecting its software, the most serious of which would allow an attacker to gain full control of a PC using Java applets.

In 2010, a similar Java-applet-based social engineering attack capable of executing malicious code on Windows, Mac OS X and Linux computers, was used to distribute the Boonana Trojan program.

The price of freedom, as they say, is eternal vigilance. A user called bitbully on the Bitcointalk Forums found himself 34 bitcoins poorer when he visited a site claiming to be a chat service ...

The same Java vulnerability used in the infamous Flashback malware is now being used as an attack vector for a single piece of malware that can infect both Windows and Mac OS X computers.

A zero-day exploit against Java 7 was discovered on Sunday. Channel partners and administrators are being urged to disable the package, if possible. Java 6, and earlier versions, appears to be ...

Thanks, Oracle: New Java malware protection undone by old-school attack Stolen certificate hosted on legit site by default trusted as safe by plugins.

In an effort to draw attention to an long-standing security problem in Apple's Mac OS X operating system, a security researcher has posted attack code that exploits the flaw.

Oracle will release a new version of Java on Tuesday that will include 42 security fixes and will make changes to how Web-based Java content will be presented inside browsers.

In 2010, a similar Java-applet-based social engineering attack capable of executing malicious code on Windows, Mac OS X and Linux computers, was used to distribute the Boonana Trojan program.

Seculert researchers identified a Java exploit and corresponding attack pages on Red October command and control servers The hundreds of government, military and research organizations targeted in ...