Thieves Winning Online War, Maybe in Your PC – NYTimes.com

Internet security is broken, and nobody seems to know quite how to fix it.Despite the efforts of the computer security industry and a half-decade struggle by Microsoft to protect its Windows operating system, malicious software is spreading faster than ever.

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Sun Issues Updates on Several Critical Java Vulnerabilities

Sun Microsystems, a multinational vendor of computers and computer software, has issued 13 alerts to address vulnerabilities affecting the Sun Java Runtime Environment (JRE). JRE allows users to run Java applications. The bugs have varying degrees of severity, and the most severe – when exploited – could allow remote attackers to take control of [...]