Posts tagged “JAVA”

Amazon Cloud Drive App Won’t Work On Mac OS X If Mac Users Have Disabled Java, Also Supports Windows

Vinh Nguyen

Posted on May 2nd, 2012

So, I notice Amazon has just launched Amazon Cloud Drive Desktop app so Amazon users will be able to upload their digital files to Amazon Cloud Drive through their computers without the need of opening up a web browser. Usually, Amazon users have to visit Amazon Cloud Drive’s web destination before they can upload their digital files. Unfortunately, I’m unable to test out Amazon Cloud Drive Desktop app on Mac OS X since it utilizes Java. OK, not because Mac OS X cannot use Java, but it’s that I had disabled Java on Mac OS X for security reason. Mac OS X has been targeted by Trojans, malicious programs that design to steal and capture sensitive information (and installing backdoor programs onto) from users’…

Categories: Amazon, Apple, Microsoft and Windows, Web Services

Tagged: amazon, Apple, cloud, JAVA, Mac OS, Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, Uploading and downloading, web browser

Apple Rolls Out New Update Patch, Combating Mac Flashback Trojan’s Java Exploit

Vinh Nguyen

Posted on April 4th, 2012

Apparently Apple has just rolled out a new Java security patch which addresses the Mac Flashback Trojan’s Java exploit, because I has just updated my MacBook Pro with this patch through Software Update. This is one quick patch that Apple has rolled out, and Mac users definitely are going to be safer than before in regarding to using Java on Mac OS X. Still, you never know that sometimes in the near future another trojan might be able to find another exploit through Java, therefore the security philosophy that I have came to practice religiously is to deactivate what you don’t need — only activate the things you need and activate the things you don’t need at the time of having such needs. Cnet…

Categories: Apple, Security

Tagged: Apple, Cnet, JAVA, Mac, Mac Flashback Trojan, Mac OS, Mac OS X, MacBook Pro, Patch (computing), security

Latest Mac Flashback Trojan Threatens Mac Users With Java Enabled

Vinh Nguyen

Posted on April 2nd, 2012

It’s being reported that the newest version of Mac Flashback Trojan can now exploit Java engine in Mac OS X, all versions of Mac OS X I guess. It bypasses the administrator privilege protection, and so it can install itself onto any Mac machine with Java enabled without the need to use an administrator password. As now, Apple has yet to release a security fix to counteract Mac Flashback Trojan’s Java exploit, therefore I think it’s best for you to disable Java plugin for your browsers! Should you disable Java on Mac altogether? Yes, but unfortunately Java is so interconnected with Mac OS X (all versions), therefore I do not yet know how to disable Java on Mac. If you know, please write a…

Categories: Apple, Browsers, Internet, Security, Software

Tagged: Apple, Firefox, hacking, JAVA, javascript, Mac Flashback Trojan, Mac OS, Mac OS X, Opera, Safari, security, trojan, vulnerability

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Posts tagged “JAVA”

Apple Rolls Out New Update Patch, Combating Mac Flashback Trojan’s Java Exploit

Vinh Nguyen

Posted on April 4th, 2012

Latest Mac Flashback Trojan Threatens Mac Users With Java Enabled

Vinh Nguyen

Posted on April 2nd, 2012

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