Most of the products tested (except Windows Server 2012), use Oracle’s Java in one form or another, at least for client access and …
Oracle releases emergency fix for Java vulnerabilities
Oracle released emergency patches for Java on Monday to address two critical vulnerabilities, one of which is actively being exploited …
Disabling Java on your Mac
With the news that some Apple, Facebook, and Twitter employees’ Macs were hacked, as well as Apple and Oracle’s subsequent software …
Apple infected by Java-based malware
Apple on Tuesday said that some computers belonging to its employees had been targeted by hackers originating from China – …
Oracle contests Google ‘fair use’ ruling over Java
Oracle has said that an appeals court should rule, as a matter of law, that Google’s commercial use of Java …
Oracle to release more Java patches
According to a company blog post, Oracle is due to release another batch of patches for Java SE on February …
Java for OS X restored
Apple on Friday released its own update for Java 6 for Mac users running OS X Snow Leopard, matching Oracle’s …
Oracle releases Java SE update ahead of schedule
Oracle on Friday released a critical patch update for Java SE, coming through ahead of schedule to stave off an …
Oracle: We will ‘fix’ Java
Oracle’s head of Java security has promised that the vendor will “fix” issues with the widely used programming language, as …
Experts slam Oracle over Java
Oracle must dramatically step up its security game, security experts said this week, following the release of a number of …
Researchers find another Java security flaw
Researchers from a Poland-based vulnerability research firm on Friday announced that they had found vulnerabilities in Java 7 Update 11 …
New Java flaw found in days, sells on black web
Oracle’s bad Java week got worse on Wednesday, after it was announced that a previously unknown flaw in the programming …
Calls for Oracle to rewrite Java from scratch
Going on the most recent security flaw in Java, Oracle should rewrite the programming language completely and start again from …
Oracle to stop patching Java 6 in Feb
Java 6 will be retired from security support in less than two months, and users and businesses should prepare now …
Oracle brings cross platform Java dev to mobile devices
Oracle is augmenting its Oracle Application Development Framework (ADF) to allow developers to create mobile applications for Apple and Android …
Heroku announces PaaS cloud option for Java developers
Salesforce.com subsidiary Heroku is launching a PaaS (platform-as-a-service) cloud option for Java developers that is intended to make it easier …
Researchers report critical vulnerability in Java 7 update
Researchers from security firm Security Explorations have claimed to have discovered a vulnerability in the Java 7 security update …
Unpatched Java vulnerability exploited in Blackhole attacks
Attacks targeting an unpatched vulnerability in the latest versions of Java 7 have become widespread after an exploit for the …
Oracle, AMD advocates for Java GPU proposal
A proposed project for the OpenJDK open source implementation would fit GPU (graphics processor unit) support to Java. Among others, Oracle …
Judge clears Google of Java copyright infringement
A district court judge has ruled that the Java APIs in Android are not eligible for protection under U.S. copyright …