Wednesday, October 20, 2010

'Unprecedented wave' of Java exploits hits users, says Microsoft

Microsoft said Monday that an "unprecedented wave" of attacks are exploiting vulnerabilities in Oracle's Java software.

According to a manager at Microsoft's Malware Protection Center (MMPC), attempts to exploit Java bugs have skyrocketed in the past nine months, climbing from less than half a million in the first quarter of 2010 to more than 6 million in the third quarter.

"Some of our exploit 'malware' families were telling a scary story ... an unprecedented wave of Java exploitation," said Holly Stewart, a senior program manager at the MMPC, in a post to the team's blog Monday.

Stewart went on to call the jump in Java attacks "scary" and added, "The spike in exploitation was surprising to say the least."

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