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FBN's Shibani Joshi on Java, how you can protect yourself, and the latest in cyber attacks.
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-- so much -- All right so what would you do if you found out that an application that runs in your car -- computer you dvd player may do an easy target for cyber attack.
Silicon Valley has seen it's just that easy to be victimized so how confirms and people quite frankly be so vulnerable -- funny -- here.
With this serious cyber attack and it's just get worse it's -- The right you've -- FaceBook and an apple join the list yesterday the company acknowledged in a statement.
That it hit had been -- and Mac attack here's a statement that we have from the company it said.
And we should happen here -- -- -- apple is an unidentified -- now where which infected a limited number of maxis in suitable ability in the job up plug in for browsers.
There's no evidence that any data -- Has left apple not even though they're conflicting reports today guys about where the attacks originated from some see China sent to Eastern Europe -- -- Russia.
There is one common thread or one coming threat that we do know exists amongst all of them and that is job and a -- -- is a web app programming language.
It is that makes it it's very out there and accessible on the web that makes it easy for you to -- -- no matter what browser you on no matter what type of computer device PC Mac even a mobile phone.
The problem is is -- been a lot of issues with that job -- programming system in fact.
Last year -- Christine lab deemed at 2012.
The year a job that vulnerability that it's because 50%.
Of whether attacks started originated in some sort of breach of security using Oracle's data.
Now every step -- Gold to get some sort of statement even the Department of Homeland Security warned about an issue in January it was stakes but they acknowledge that there could -- more problems this is an issue that started with shot back that is now sending shockwaves throughout Silicon Valley and and the web world guerrilla.
Well and that's so that's it now clothes and articles Childers and falls on -- shoulders and then there's ways to protect yourself I mean what everybody says in most offensive thing you can do is to do stable job off of your PC -- you Mac.
850 million devices run.
Job -- on your Mac -- -- you can go to the website you can go to software updates installed update went which went live last night here at the instructions.
On your PC make sure your upgraded to job at -- go to control panel.
PC owners basically three billion device is cars dvd players.
Mobile devices run job back and these this is the source of these cyber attacks.
You gotta protect yourself software update using -- -- fear with Symantec has not been given where if it's coming to job men that's good staff -- -- -- -- scary to him very clear yet.
To Bonnie thank you very I've not got -- today of.
