In Chrome go to chrome://plugins/ and you can turn off 'always allow'. That will cause Chrome to prompt you each time.
The screenshot just looks like any old HTTP session pulling down a .jar from a web browser, though it may be an exploit it's downloading. It's like when a bash prompt is used on films to signify malicious hacking. :) On Mon, Aug 27, 2012 at 3:52 PM, Casper Bang <[email protected]> wrote: > Looks like it shows an infected JAR, and leaks info about a Gondvv.class > which contains the actual malicious stuff. > > There's an analysis here: > http://www.deependresearch.org/2012/08/java-7-vulnerability-analysis.html > > I've long felt pretty save on Linux, in spite of these Java vulnerabilities > - not so anymore. Can anyone recommend a plugin a la FlashBlock but for > Java, that requires active authorization of an applet before running it? > > /Casper > > > On Monday, August 27, 2012 8:00:18 PM UTC+2, Ricky Clarkson wrote: >> >> Can anyone explain how the Wireshark screenshot relates to the >> article's content? >> >> On Mon, Aug 27, 2012 at 2:01 PM, Ben Smith-Mannschott >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Just a heads-up: >> > >> > «A vulnerability in the latest version of Oracle's Java software >> > framework is under active attack, and the damage is likely to get >> > worse thanks to the availability of reliable exploit code that works >> > on a variety of browsers and computer platforms, security experts >> > warn.» >> > >> > >> > http://arstechnica.com/security/2012/08/critical-flaw-under-active-attack-prompts-calls-to-disable-java/ >> > >> > (See article for full text) >> > >> > // ben >> > >> > -- >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> > Groups "Java Posse" group. >> > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> > [email protected]. >> > For more options, visit this group at >> > http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. >> > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Java Posse" group. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/javaposse/-/ZAVob8bzRbYJ. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
