The vulnerability patched by Oracle resides in a version of Java 7 designed to extend Web browsers. The defect made it possible for a malicious Java applet on a Web page to execute arbitrary code on ...

Oracle released a fix over the weekend for two serious vulnerabilitiesin Java, but this doesn’t seem to have improved matters much. Thevulnerabilities, which affect Web browsers using Java 7 plugins, ...

The database giant will "get Java fixed up" to improve security, Milton Smith, Java security lead at Oracle, said during a conference call with Java User Group leaders last week. The conference call ...

Following disclosures by security researchers of vulnerabilities in the last update of Java released in January, Oracle has rushed out ahead of schedule another bundle of fixes for the programming ...

With the recent announcement of JDK Enhancement Project (JEP) 188, now seems like a good time to brush up on what you know about the Java memory model. Authored by Doug Lea, JEP 188 proposes the first ...