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Lights Out For Java: Experts Say Turn It Off – And Leave It Off

ID: 0f8840b2-173e-535f-bca0-43d8c1a15f5e

STIX ID: report--0f8840b2-173e-535f-bca0-43d8c1a15f5e

Feed Name: Security Ledger

Threat Score
90/100

Date Published: 2013-01-10

Date Updated: 2026-04-26

Author: Paul Roberts

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Security researchers warn of a Java 7 zero-day actively exploited in the wild and integrated into multiple exploit kits (Blackhole, Nuclear, Cool, RedKit, Sakura), with attacks delivered via malvertising and ad networks redirecting high-traffic sites to exploit pages; malicious JAR payloads were observed and no Oracle patch was yet available, prompting advice to disable Java in browsers.

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