Mozilla Disables Insecure Java Plugin in Firefox

KrebsOnSecurity.com: Brian Krebs reports that Mozilla has disabled vulnerable versions of the Java Development Toolkit for Firefox that cybercriminals have been using to install malicious software on users desktops. Mozilla is taking this action to protect Firefox users from the vulnerabilities in older versions in Java that we reported in our April 15th blog post: Java Patch Targets Latest Attacks.  To make sure Java is disabled from Firefox, go to Tools, Add-ons and click the Plugins icon. If any Java Plugins are listed, select the Toolkit and hit the “Disable” button.


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