Since the start of the year, hackers have been exploiting vulnerabilities in Java to carry out a string of attacks against companies including Microsoft, Apple, Facebook and Twitter, as well as home ...

A new exploit for a previously unknown and unpatched Java vulnerability is being actively used by attackers to infect computers with malware, according to researchers from security firm FireEye. “We ...

First, the bad news. Once again, Mac users are at risk due to a flaw in Java, similar to the one that enabled the Flashback Trojan. Even worse, there isn’t (yet) a patch to fix that vulnerability. But ...

If, like about 10 million other folks, you're a Java developer, you probably want to know how to keep Java code secure. Developers will always need to stay on top of tips and best practices to tackle ...

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 ...

Recently, on the "Ask The Architect" session from the Devoxx UK 2018 conference, Oracle's chief architect, Mark Reinhold, shared his thoughts about Java’s serialization mechanism which he called a ...

About half of all enterprise applications written in the last 15 years were written in Java (or one of its derivations). Many control access to sensitive data, so it’s no wonder that they are popular ...

Oracle appears to have shifted significant material resources to work on the Java-based browser security vulnerabilities that have grabbed headlines over the past two years -- so many resources that ...

Waratek is introducing its first product aimed at Java application security, and it works by identifying weaknesses, especially in open-source platforms, and then acts like a shield against attacks.

Warning to anyone still using Java 6: Upgrade now to Java 7 to avoid being compromised by active attacks. That alert came via F-Secure anti-malware analyst Timo Hirvonen, who reported finding an ...