http://www.osnews.com/story/24751/Microsoft_Investigates_Current_Threat_Landscape Exploring the Future of Computing en-us Copyright 2001-2013, David Adams adam+nospam@osnews.com Sat, 18 May 2013 14:46:01 GMT http://www.osnews.com/images/osnews.gif http://www.osnews.com http://www.osnews.com/thread?473496 http://www.osnews.com/thread?473496 This is the one case where I think that Microsoft knows what its talking about. After all, who better to lecture people on security breachs than a company that is known for ignoring security?Edited 2011-05-18 02:58 UTC Wed, 18 May 2011 02:57:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (windowshasyou) Comments http://www.osnews.com/thread?473507 http://www.osnews.com/thread?473507 "The exploitation of Java vulnerabilities sharply increased in the second quarter of 2010"

- Minecraft. Wed, 18 May 2011 05:00:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (sagum) Comments http://www.osnews.com/thread?473554 http://www.osnews.com/thread?473554 One of Java's security strong points is that it runs on the JVM (Java virtual machine). It is designed and suppose to be one of the safest programming platforms.

Where lies the problem
1. Third party program vulnerabilities(Java programmers)
2. Java itself
3. Consumer not updating Java. Wed, 18 May 2011 14:06:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (fran) Comments http://www.osnews.com/thread?473567 http://www.osnews.com/thread?473567 I don't run Java myself, and this is just one of the reasons why. Flash is sort of a 'necessary evil', since a lot of the web uses it. Fortunately, Java is not, at least for me. I don't run any apps that use it. Wed, 18 May 2011 15:13:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (WorknMan) Comments http://www.osnews.com/thread?473578 http://www.osnews.com/thread?473578 More than a competence issue, I would wonder if MS is shading results to fit their own purposes. They have a vested interest in saying the problems lie with other company's apps, rather than Windows, IE, or their own infrastructural software. Wed, 18 May 2011 16:05:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (benali72) Comments http://www.osnews.com/thread?473603 http://www.osnews.com/thread?473603 fran,

"One of Java's security strong points is that it runs on the JVM (Java virtual machine). It is designed and suppose to be one of the safest programming platforms.

Where lies the problem
1. Third party program vulnerabilities(Java programmers)
2. Java itself
3. Consumer not updating Java."


I'd like to know too. If it hadn't been killed by microsoft, java would be the ideal platform for running highly interactive/intensive apps inside (or outside) the browser on demand.

Of course, supporting such powerful apps in the browser destroys the business case for mobile walled gardens.

Java was a wonderfully innovative platform; maybe in a world not dominated by overreaching control freaks, it would have flourished.

Anyways, the report would be informative if it wasn't so annoyingly vague. Wed, 18 May 2011 19:22:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Alfman) Comments