Oracle has issued a patch for loopholes in its Java program that was being actively abused by cyber-thieves. The software giant took the unusual step of issuing the patch well before the usual date for security updates. The patch closes loopholes that together left users of almost every operating system vulnerable to infection by viruses.
- Identify the area of impact the scenario relates to
Home and Leisure, Business and e-commerce
- Identify the main stakeholders to the IT system
People who are using Facebook, Facebook Company and Application Company
- Identify one ITGS social/ethical concern in the article
Security, Privacy
- Describe ITGS terminology and systems
Facebook Application= Apps on Facebook.com are web apps that are loaded in the context of Facebook. You can build your app using any language or tool chain that supports web programming, such as PHP, Python, Java or C#.Apps on Facebook.com are loaded into a Canvas Page. A Canvas Page is quite literally a blank canvas within Facebook on which to run your app. You populate the Canvas Page by providing a Canvas URL that contains the HTML, JavaScript and CSS that make up your app.
http://developers.facebook.com/docs/guides/canvas/
Symantec= Symantec helps consumers and organizations secure and manage their information-driven world. Our software and services protect against more risks at more points, more completely and efficiently, enabling confidence wherever information is used or stored.
http://kb.iu.edu/data/agzf.html
- If possible, describe a solution to the concern (Issues)
Facebook should enhance the security systems and authentication systems. User's personal information was leaked because they didn't work hard to manage transferring user's account to application systems. Therefore, it is better to enhance and put more effort to the transferring process.