Major Java update fixes 40 vulnerabilities

Oracle has released a new version of Java that addresses a large number of vulnerabilities. This is a scheduled “Critical Patch Update” (CPU) for June 2013.

This moves Java 7 from Update 21 to Update 25 (1.7.0_21 to 1.7.0_25).

Anyone using Java in a web browser should install this update immediately.

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Jeff Rivett has worked with and written about computers since the early 1980s. His first computer was an Apple II+, built by his father and heavily customized. Jeff's writing appeared in Computist Magazine in the 1980s, and he created and sold a game utility (Ultimaker 2, reviewed in the December 1983 Washington Apple Pi Journal) to international markets during the same period. Proceeds from writing, software sales, and contract programming gigs paid his way through university, earning him a Bachelor of Science (Computer Science) degree at UWO. Jeff went on to work as a programmer, sysadmin, and manager in various industries. There's more on the About page, and on the Jeff Rivett Consulting site.

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