Over 600,000 Mac machines were infected with the recent Flashback Trojan malware. Apple, although a bit late to the scene, has finally fixed the vulnerability through a recent Java update.
- The information on this page pertains to Oracle Java starting with Java 7, supported with Mac versions 10.7.3 and above. Every time you launch a Java applet, a Java Web Start application or the Java Control Panel, the system first launches your program and then, in the background (so that performance of your Java application is not impacted), it determines if it has checked in the last 7 days.
- Maltego is supported on Java 8 64 bit but Java 11 64 bit is recommended. A minimum of 4GB of RAM is required. 16GB is recommended. The processing power of any modern, multi-core processor is sufficient. 4GB of disk space. A mouse is recommended for navigating Maltego graphs.
All the Mac users — iMac, MacBook Pro, Air — will be better off updating their systems to the newly available Java package.
This new version of Java includes the following:
If Java 7 or later is already installed, you can use the Java Control Panel to download and install the update: Choose Apple menu System Preferences, then click Java to open the Java Control Panel. Click the Update tab and follow the onscreen instructions. If using Mac OS X v10.6.8. Tech support scams are an industry-wide issue where scammers trick you into paying for unnecessary technical support services. You can help protect yourself from scammers by verifying that the contact is a Microsoft Agent or Microsoft Employee and that the phone number is an official Microsoft global customer service number.
- Security update which removes the most common variants of the Flashback malware.
- This update also configures the Java web plug-in to disable the automatic execution of Java applets.
Download Java Update on Mac:
You can perform a Software Update by clicking on the Apple menu (located on top-left corner of your Mac’s screen) and selecting Software Update.
A window then pops up, connects to the Internet to find newer version of Java for download. The current Java update is of 66MB size.
If at all the Flashback malware is found on your Mac, this update will present a dialog notifying the user that malware was removed. No message will be displayed if your Mac is free from any kind of malware activities.
We recommend you to go ahead and secure your Macs by updating Java right now.
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