<p>CYBER CROOKS are once again targeting Java users, but this time taking advantage of the cross-platform design to threaten Linux and Mac users, Kaspersky researchers have claimed.</p><p>The malware is a functioning botnet written entirely in Java and is capable of infecting computers running Windows, Mac OS X and Linux that have Oracle's Java software framework installed.</p><p>Once infected, a computer that has been compromised by the Java based malware - most likely through a malware hosting website - is pulled into a botnet and then controlled to launch distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks against other websites to knock them offline.</p><p>Kaspersky detected this threat as HEUR:Backdoor.Java.Agent.a, while the infection vector is CVE-2013-2465, an integer overflow bug in Oracle Java SE 7 Update 21 and earlier, Jave SE 6 Update 45 and earlier, Java SE 5.0 Update 45 and earlier, and OpenJDK 7.</p><p><a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/2326894/java-botnet-hits-mac-linux-and-windows-machines">Keep reading...</a></p>