ORACLE GETS OFF THEIR COLLECTIVE BUTTS

Yes, Oracle has issued a patch that according to RAPID7, stops an attack using the JAVA exploit we've been facing all week.

"It appears that it's effective in blocking the exploit," Tod Beardsley, the engineering manager for Metasploit, said early Thursday. "We just finished testing it 10 minutes ago." [source: Computer World]

The update -- designated "1.7.0_07-b10" -- was published along with a bare-bones release note on Oracles website, and followed that with an alert shortly after 1 p.m. ET.