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    Exclamation Java 8u77 released

    FYI...

    Java 8u77 released
    - https://www.java.com/en/download/manual.jsp
    Recommended Version 8 Update 77
    March 23, 2016

    Release Notes
    - http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/ja...s-2944725.html
    "... This JRE (version 8u77) will expire with the release of the next critical patch update scheduled for April 19, 2016..."

    > http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/ja...ads/index.html

    - https://blogs.oracle.com/security/en..._cve_2016_0636
    Mar 23, 2016 - "Oracle released Security Alert CVE-2016-0636* to address a vulnerability affecting Java SE in web browsers on desktops. This vulnerability has received a CVSS Base Score of 9.3 and is remotely exploitable without authentication. A successful exploitation of this vulnerability would typically require an unsuspecting user running an affected version of Java SE to visit a malicious web site. Oracle recommends customers apply this Security Alert as soon as possible..."
    > https://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/d...=CVE-2016-0636

    * http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/to...l#AppendixJAVA

    ... -if- you still need to use Java at all. If not - uninstall it!

    Last edited by AplusWebMaster; 2016-03-25 at 19:22.
    The machine has no brain.
    ......... Use your own.
    Browser check for updates here.
    YOU need to defend against -all- vulnerabilities.
    Hacks only need to find -1- to get in...
    .

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