Oddity wrote:dra6o0n wrote:I wonder why the hell would everyone still use Java after several vulnerabilities were found, making everyone playing the game prone to being hijacked by hackers onto their own machines?
Vulnerabilities can be found in every piece of software... even [whatever operating system you are using]. "I wonder why the hell would anyone still use <Linux/Windows/FireFox/Chrome/whatever> after several vulnerabilities were found, making everyone using the kernel prone to being hijacked by hackers onto their own machines?"
Anyway, the particular vulnerabilities you're thinking of have obviously been patched already. So, who cares? Just keep your shit patched up to date and don't run random apps from shady websites.
Still thinking small though, the way I see it, vulnerabilities always exist yes, but once they break through a vulnerability, they've got what they've need to break another... And then another... And another.
It's basically a infinite process of hacking attempts that is assumed they will do, since it's all they do.
And when a vulnerability is found, not everyone would disable their java... So this is quite the big deal.
borka wrote:@dra6o0n
You really don't know what you're talking about...using Java to play HnH is in no way at risk to get your machine highjacked...more information you'll find in HDI Java thread: vulnerable is the java-plugin for browsers which you can just disable...in browser and Java Control Panel...
btw. what fuggin' superdupamegahardened OS are you using ?!?

Nothing is impossible for hackers. Sure you can disable it for yourself, but that doesn't stop them from mass distributing viruses through other platforms after they break through a few eggs from said vulnerabilities.
That's how they still maintain the abnormally large numbers of 'zombie' systems that is still operating in North America.
They don't need to hack through java, but using vulnerabilities may help them gleam off extra information to exploit from sites, hence in turn giving them an advantage in attacks against people using said sites, or related sites.
Well speaking of which, security is now in form of behavior checkers rather than a constant detection list of malwares.