Oracle Corp. released an emergency update to its Java software for surfing the Web on Sunday, but security experts said the update fails to protect PCs from attack by hackers intent on committing ...

A serious Java vulnerability just patched by Sun Microsystems may still leave many Java users at risk, security experts say. The stack buffer overflow bug in Java, the WebStart utility in the Java ...

Oracle is set to patch more than three dozen Java bugs Tuesday and overhaul Java 7 security defenses to better flag suspect Java apps. "This critical patch update contains 42 new security ...

A security researcher known for finding Java bugs has uncovered a new critical zero-day vulnerability in all currently-supported versions of the popular Oracle software. The bug, which was publicly ...

A new exploit for a previously unknown and unpatched Java vulnerability is being actively used by attackers to infect computers with malware, according to researchers from security firm FireEye. “We ...

A Polish security firm known for rooting out Java vulnerabilities has reported two new bugs in the browser plug-in to Oracle, Security Explorations said today. On its bug-reporting status page, ...

Oracle’s October Critical Patch Update includes Java patches for the first time. Of the 127 updates, 50 patch remotely executable vulnerabilities in Java. On Tuesday, for the first time, Java security ...

The discovery of a serious software bug has simultaneously opened a variety of desktop computers to potential attack. The flaw has been found in Java, which works on a variety of computer operating ...

PayPal has fixed a serious vulnerability in its back-end management system that could have allowed attackers to execute arbitrary commands on the server and potentially install a backdoor. The ...

BOSTON — Oracle (ORCL) released an emergency update to its Java software for surfing the Web on Sunday, but security experts said the update fails to protect PCs from attack by hackers intent on ...