As many of you have been asking us about, the media has been made aware of a recent high-profile exploit in Java. The advice at the time of the leak was to disable or uninstall Java on every computer you can, as it was believed the weakness permeated all versions of Java across all operating systems. Those of you signed on with our CommonFocus service were contacted with this information and the option of doing so for you as part of the service.
Fortunately, the fine people at Oracle have wasted no time in closing this loophole with Java 7 Patch 11. The Oracle Security Blog at https://blogs.oracle.com/security/entry/security_alert_for_cve_2013 nicely outlines some of the vulnerabilities that were exploited and how they have been closed. However, the important thing to know is that Java has been patched against that particular weakness.
For those of you on our CommonFocus contracts, you will be updated automatically. For any of the rest of our customers, if you've already removed Java, then at your convenience you may reinstall for free simply by visiting www.java.com and downloading the latest version. If you've had Java disabled, you should re-enable it, and then immediately visit www.java.com to update to the latest version.
If you have any questions, don't hesitate to contact your IT provider as we are happy to assist in any way that we can.
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