Java

Post-pumpkin Patch Tuesday: What’s in store for November

November 3, 2016

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

May 19, 2016

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

April 20, 2016

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

April 6, 2016

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

March 24, 2016

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

February 16, 2016

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

February 9, 2016

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

January 28, 2016

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 …

Oracle agrees to settle FTC charges it deceived consumers about Java updates

December 22, 2015

Oracle has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it deceived consumers about the security provided by updates to its Java Platform, Standard Edition software …

One in 20 apps on private PCs are end-of-life

October 28, 2015

Secunia Research revealed the state of security for PC users in a total of 14 countries, including the US. One in 20 applications on private US PCs are end-of-life and 12 …

Oracle releases 154 fixes, plugs click-to-play bypass Java flaw used in attacks

October 21, 2015

Oracle has released its quarterly patch update that contains 154 security fixes for its various products.What will interest end users the most are the fixes released for Java, …

Oracle fixes Java zero-day exploited by Pawn Storm hackers

July 15, 2015

With its quarterly Critical Patch Update, Oracle has released security fixes for 193 vulnerabilities across all of its products (a good summary can be found here), including …