Oracle will retire the Java browser plug-in, frequently the target of Web-based exploits, about a year from now. Remnants, however, will likely linger long after that. “Oracle plans to deprecate the ...

Cybercriminals are in mourning after the shocking announcement from technology giant Oracle that it soon plans to deep-six its beloved Java Web browser plug-in (see Oracle's Security Absurdity). See ...

More details are emerging regarding a QuickTime/Java security flaw affecting Mac OS X discovered by Dino Dai Zovi at the CanSecWest conference. A Secunia report on ...

A recent Java 7 update allows users to completely prevent Java applications from running inside browsers or to restrict how Web-based Java content is handled by the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) ...

For the last year or so, Java seems to have spawned a never-ending flow of security bugs, partly because of the software environment's invisibility to end users and partly because of the system access ...

Only 5 percent of actively used browser installations have the most up-to-date version of the Java plug-in, the vendor's data shows Most browser installations use outdated versions of the Java plug-in ...

Is the design of Oracle's Java 7 security sandbox backwards? That charge was leveled by programmer Jerry Jongerius, who last week released a Java Code Signing Failure alert detailing how Java security ...

Just in time for the new year, there's a new Java zero-day exploit out in the wild. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. It's already ...