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 ...

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 ...

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 recent Java bug is in the SecurityManager. In other words, the hole threatens mainly applets or Web-delivered Java fat clients. I generally don’t enable that stuff because little I use on the ...

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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 has been under pressure to address gaping security vulnerabilities and configuration weaknesses in its Java Runtime Environment, which has become the most widely exploited software platform on ...

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 ...

The weekly -- sometimes daily -- security scares that occur with the Java programming language are starting to remind me of the old whack-a-mole arcade game. Researchers or hackers discover a major ...

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 ...

Is Java 7 currently safe to use? Last week, Oracle released emergency updates to fix zero-day vulnerabilities in Java 7 and Java 6. But in the case of the Java 7 fix, the new version allows an ...