Oracle announced enhancements to Java security around signed applets and certificate validation, but experts such as HD Moore want to see more work done to beef up the Java sandbox. Oracle is working ...

In a blog post yesterday, Oracle outlined the steps its been taking and the investments it’s been making to ensure the security of Java, its beleaguered open-source programming language. Starting in ...

Oracle’s Critical Patch update addresses 154 vulnerabilities, many of which are remotely exploitable. Security Explorations of Poland, meanwhile, published details on a number of Java flaws in the ...

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 ...

Most problems date back more than a decade and resulted from old versions of Java being run, a company official insists The impression persists that Java is still plagued with security problems after ...

The emergency Java SE security fixes comes two weeks before Oracle's regularly scheduled round of updates. The Oracle Java critical patch update contains fixes for 50 vulnerabilities, 49 of which are ...

Oracle on Monday was distributing a patch for Java software flaws deemed so dangerous that the US Department of Homeland Security said that people should stop using it. “Oracle recommends that this ...

Oracle fixed on Tuesday 127 security issues in Java, its database and other products, patching some flaws that could let attackers take over systems. This is the first time Oracle has included Java in ...

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 ...

Oracle's head of Java security, Milton Smith, has assured users of the software that the vendor will fix its security issues and improve communication efforts. In a conference call with Java User ...

Go ahead and update Java—or disable it if you don’t remember the last time you actually used it on the Web: Oracle’s latest patch, released Tuesday, fixes 25 vulnerabilities in the aging platform, ...