Unpatched Java vulnerability exploited in targeted attacks, researchers say

Attackers are exploiting a new and unpatched vulnerability that affects the latest version of Java -- Java 7 Update 6 -- in order to infect computers with malware, according to researchers from security vendor FireEye.

So far, the vulnerability has been exploited in limited targeted attacks, FireEye's senior staff scientist Atif Mushtaq said Sunday in a blog post. "Most of the recent Java run-time environments i.e., JRE 1.7x are vulnerable."

Source: http://www.infoworld.com/d/security/unpatched-java-vulnerability-exploited-in-targeted-attacks-researchers-say-201057?source=rss_security

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