A zero-day Java exploit found for sale in the criminal underground has renewed calls to disable Java in Web browsers. The flaw was in the Java class “MidiDevice.Info,” a component that handles audio input and output. The seller claimed “code execution was very reliable” on Firefox, Microsoft Internet Explorer and Windows 7. Java is used in 3 billion devices worldwide, says its steward, Oracle. The platform’s ubiquity makes it a favorite hacker target, along with the fact that the platform often goes unpatched in people’s computers.”]