Oracle fixes Solaris 10 flaw targeted by leaked NSA exploit
Oracle has pushed out a record-breaking 299 fixes for vulnerabilities in its many, many products, and among them is a Solaris 10 bug whose existence has been revealed through …
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Java and Flash top list of most outdated programs on users’ PCs
52% of the most popular PC applications, including Flash and Java, are out-of-date. People are exposing their PC and their personal data to risks, as malware targets older …
Post-pumpkin Patch Tuesday: What’s in store for November
There has been a lot of activity since October’s Patch Tuesday. During that short period of time, Oracle released its quarterly CPU, including an update for Java JRE; Adobe …
How developers fight the rise in web application attacks
Recent reports highlight the challenge faced by developers in securing code as attacks against web applications increase, while security budgets for developers remain low, …
Oracle patches 136 flaws in 49 products
Oracle released the April 2016 Critical Patch Update, which provides fixes for 136 vulnerabilities in 49 products, including Java SE and MySQL, the company’s Database …
Researchers release PoC exploit for broken IBM Java patch
Polish firm Security Explorations has had enough of broken patches for security vulnerabilities it has reported to vendors. On Monday, the company’s CEO Adam Gowdiak has …
Emergency Java update plugs system compromise hole
Oracle has issued an emergency security update for Java to plug a critical flaw (CVE-2016-0636) that could be exploited by luring users to visit a web page hosting the …
Kotlin programming language for JVM and Android reaches version 1.0
Kotlin is an open source programming language for JVM and Android that combines OO and functional features and is focused on interoperability, safety, clarity and tooling …
Oracle pushes out emergency fix for Java SE
Oracle has patched a vulnerability (CVE-2016-0603) in Java SE (Standard Edition) 6, 7 or 8 on the Windows platform, which could be exploited by attackers looking for ways to …
Oracle announces Java plugin deprecation, death
With a short post by a member of the Java strategy team, Oracle has announced the approaching death of the hated Java plugin. “Oracle plans to deprecate the Java browser …
