<p>An application developer reports that the latest Java 7 update "silently" deletes Java 6, breaking applications in the process.</p><p>Java 7 update 11 was released two weeks ago to deal with an unpatched vulnerability which had gone mainstream with its incorporation into cybercrook toolkits such as the Blackhole Exploit Kit in the days beforehand. Attacks were restricted to systems running Java browser add-ons.</p><p>But Oracle's response appears to have caused some collateral damage.</p><p>JNBridge, which provides Java and .NET interoperability tools, reports that customers of software providers who use its technology came a cropper in cases where users had applied the latest Java update (Java 7u11). The software developer blogged about the issue here.Oracle has decided that, in order to fix extensively reported security problems, they will not only update Java 7 (their latest version of Java), they will also completely delete a completely separate product.</p><p><a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/01/31/java_security_update/">Keep reading...</a></p><p>Read also:</p><p><a href="http://www.dailycomet.com/article/20130131/WIRE/130139936/1008?Title=Java-How-to-fix-your-biggest-Internet-security-risk">Java: How to fix your biggest Internet security risk</a> (Daily Comet)</p><p><a href="http://blog.chron.com/helpline/2013/01/should-i-uninstall-java/">Should I uninstall Java</a> (Houston Chronicle (blog))</p><p><a href="http://www.infoq.com/news/2013/01/jdk6-retirement">Oracle Will Stop Providing Security Updates for Java 6 Next Month</a> (InfoQ.com)</p><p>Explore: <a href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dEcojAu3Qo458FMgy3IVLHpyHMyYM&ned=us">16 additional articles.</a></p>