Sun Microsystems has revealed a security hole in several versions of a critical component of Java that could allow an attacker to run harmful programs on a victim's computer. The vulnerability appears ...

In a tête-à-tête with ZDNet Asia at the recent Sun Tech Days developer conference in Kuala Lumpur, Gosling clears the air about Java and explains why the programming platform is now more user-friendly ...

Is Java safe to use? That's the refrain heard after every round of new zero-day vulnerabilities that get spotted in Java, followed days or weeks later by related patches from Oracle. But the question ...

Make Java security a top priority at every stage of application development, from class-level language features to API endpoint authorization Security is one of the most complex, broad, and important ...

Oracle addressed 40 security issues in Java and enabled online certificate revocation checking by default in its scheduled critical patch update for Java on Tuesday. Thirty-four vulnerabilities ...

Days after the Department of Homeland Security said computer users should remove the latest versions of its Java software, Oracle Corp. says it has fixed the flaw, in a new update released Monday. As ...

Oracle plans to make changes to strengthen the security of Java, including fixing its certificate revocation checking feature, preventing unsigned applets from being executed by default and adding ...

Oracle Corp. today released an update for its Java SE software that fixes at least 42 security flaws in the widely-installed program and associated browser plugin. The Java update also introduces new ...

Since the acquisition of Sun Microsystems a few years ago, Oracle has found itself tasked with protecting a technology that has increasingly come under the gun from attackers -- Java. According to ...

Last month, I wrote about how Microsoft told its users to update Java or kill it. This week, a new 0-day vulnerability in Sun’s software is pushing security companies to do the same, with one ...