MJava takes a regular beating for its frequent exploits , and it's not uncommon for people
to
ver complain Java
is inherently insecure , or an unacceptable risk for secure computing platforms.
DWell, good thing there's Microsoft Silverlight to lend a hand, then! Recent investigation now shows a rise in drive-by attacks exploiting Microsoft
Silverlight . From the article:The number of drive-by malware attacks that exploit vulnerabilities in Microsoft's
Silverlight
application
framework may be surpassing those that abuse Oracle's Java framework, according to a recent analysis of one popular hack-by-numbers tool kit. Since April 23, the
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Anglingt fotarget Silverlight Expusers, according to a blog post published Monday by Levi Gundert, technical lead in Cisco Systems' threat research group.</blockquote>The or/>iginal Cisco piece can be read here .
[Ed. note: I for one propose a framework that will eliminate all such attacks: how about we eliminate graphics and video formats totally, and go back to green scurity/aeengling-f ASCII text or-silver a serialight-expl connectits/on ?]