New exploit, an attacker previously unknown vulnerabilities and gaps in older versions of Java is widely used by hackers, according to researchers at antivirus company FireEye.
"We recorded the successful exploitation of vulnerabilities in Java 6 Update 41 and Java 7 Update 15-preset in web-browsers," - said in his blog employee FireEye Darien Kindlund.
During the researchers analyzed incidents malware used by attackers to install tool McRAT, designed to provide remote access to the system. The virus is usually used in targeted attacks, but did not specify FireEye, who became the target of hackers.
