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• Over 30 vulnerabilities found in Google App Engine

  Researchers escaped the Java sandbox on the cloud platform and executed code on the underlying system

• Researchers publicly disclose vulnerabilities in Oracle Java Cloud Service

  The flaws could allow attackers to break into Java applications hosted on the service, researchers from Security Explorations said

• Oracle adds long-awaited whitelisting capabilities to Java

  Java 7 Update 40 allows system administrators to define which specific Java applets should be trusted and executed

• New vulnerability found in Java 7 opens door to 10-year-old attack, researchers say

  The vulnerability allows attackers to bypass the Java security sandbox, researchers from Security Explorations said

• Serious flaw present in latest Java Runtime Environment for desktops and servers, researchers say

  Researchers from Security Explorations claim to have found a new sandbox bypass vulnerability in the Java 7 Reflection API component

• Researchers warn of new Java exploit being used by attackers

  The new exploit affects the latest versions of Java 7 and Java 6, FireEye researchers warn