Apple issues an update to close Java security gaps targeted in a recent attack that compromised systems at Apple and other companies. The company was victimized by the same attack that impacted Facebook it had been attacked the previous month. The attack on Apple and Facebook is part of a much larger campaign that also includes defense contractors, Reuters reports. The thought process behind such attacks is that it is easier to compromise a site people trust than to try to cut through a company’s security more directly, blogs ChesterWisniewski.”]