New zero-day vulnerabilities zero-day vulnerabilities in Java:Threats and Advice

The allegations come from Researchers who claim to have found several vulnerabilities zero-day vulnerabilities in Java.

 So according to Update posted by Security Explorations, the flaws could be exploited to completely bypass Java's security sandbox and infect

computers in a similar fashion to the attacks which recently troubled :Facebook, Apple and Microsoft.

This means that cybercriminals hacked legitimate websites and planted code which exploited Java vulnerabilities when developers visited using web browsers that had a vulnerable version of the Java plugin.

Therefore Sophos has delivered advice we can give you right now: ‘’If you don't need Java enabled in your browser, here's how to turn it off now.’’

‘Many people who have Java enabled in their browser simply do not need it (By the way, don't mix up Java with JavaScript - they're different things), so the best solution for many folks is to rip Java out of their browser entirely.’’