Well, I just did my third ETA update, thanks to fine feedback such as this! That is a GREAT article.
The professional consensus is that, for PCs at least, it's riskier to run the older versions, which have their own vulnerabilities. Even if you have a Mac, there's room for concern: one of the more serious attacks earlier this year targeted Macs running Java, as mentioned in the article you linked. The very bright side is that, as detailed in that same article, the new generation of Macs have some very nice safeguards built in. So yay Apple!
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Date: 2012-09-01 05:28 am (UTC)The professional consensus is that, for PCs at least, it's riskier to run the older versions, which have their own vulnerabilities. Even if you have a Mac, there's room for concern: one of the more serious attacks earlier this year targeted Macs running Java, as mentioned in the article you linked. The very bright side is that, as detailed in that same article, the new generation of Macs have some very nice safeguards built in. So yay Apple!