As if advice from SophosLabs own Fraser Howard and the US Department of Homeland Security are not enough reason to ditch Java, Apple and Mozilla have both decided to join the party.
This afternoon, Friday January 11th here on the North American West coast, Apple released an updated malware definition list for their XProtect pseudo-antivirus protection in OS X Snow Leopard and newer.
Instead of identifying a new virus, this updated definition temporarily disabled the Java Web Start browser plugin that enables Java applications to run inside of Safari/Firefox/Chrome.
