<p>Less than a week after Oracle Corp. released a patch for a Java remote code execution vulnerability, the flaw was targeted by cybercriminals infecting unprotected computers with ransomware, according to security researchers.</p><p>"A few days after oracle released its critical patch for Java and CVE-2013-2423 are already being exploited," according to a blog post yesterday by the security company F-Secure. "Upon checking the history, the exploitation seems to have begun April 21st and is still actively happening (as of this post)."</p><p>(Image from F-Secure)</p><p>CVE-2013-2423 was one of the 42 security issues fixed in the Java 7 Update 21 released by Oracle on April 16.</p><p><a href="http://www.itworldcanada.com/news/mass-attack-hits-patched-java-flaw/147024">Keep reading...</a></p>