Critical Java zero-day bug is being “massively exploited in the wild”

Found on Ars Technica on Thursday, 10 January 2013
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A previously unknown and currently unpatched security hole in the latest version of the Java software framework is under attack online, according to security researchers and bloggers.

According to researchers at Alienvault Labs, the exploits work against fully patched installations of Java. Attack files are highly obfuscated and are most likely succeeding by bypassing security checks built in to the program.

Another day, another Java 0day. Do yourself a favor and remove it from all your systems.