<p>Why is it so hard for businesses to secure themselves against Java exploits? In part, the difficulty can be traced to accurately identifying and eliminating older versions of Java that sport dozens or hundreds of known and easily exploitable vulnerabilities.</p><p>In fact, according to a new study, 42% of all enterprise endpoints sport more than one version of Java and 20% have more than two versions installed, while 82% had a version of Java 6 and only 1% ran Java 7 update 21 -- which at the time of the study was the latest and most secure version of the software. More Security InsightsWebcasts More >>White Papers More >>Reports More >></p><p>Those findings come from information security monitoring vendor Bit9, which Thursday released a report based on data gathered from about 1 million Microsoft Windows endpoints, comprising hundreds of the company's customers.</p><p>[ Why aren't software vendors more proactive about patching? Read Overcome The Microsoft Mindset: Patch Faster. ]</p><p><a href="http://www.informationweek.com/security/vulnerabilities/java-dregs-create-unappetizing-enterpris/240158527">Keep reading...</a></p>
