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 ...

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 ...

As with other aspects of cybersecurity, the level of programming language security depends on what we mean by “secure.” It’s true that Java has fewer identified vulnerabilities than some other ...

Beware any Java security update that you don't download directly from Oracle's website. The malware may be encountered when visiting websites that have been compromised with a crimeware toolkit and ...

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 ...

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has reiterated its warning to Java users that the widely used Web plug-in still poses risks for Internet users, even after Oracle patched the software to ...