Just hours after Oracle released a patch to Java 7, it has been found to be buggy again. It’s Groundhog Day. I first ran across this news at Ars.com, where the author, Dan Goodin, credited IDG with ...

Warning to anyone still using Java 6: Upgrade now to Java 7 to avoid being compromised by active attacks. That alert came via F-Secure anti-malware analyst Timo Hirvonen, who reported finding an ...

May switch default Java version We previously reported that, per Apple's documentation, Java for Mac OS X 10.5 Update 1 (which installs Java SE 6 version 1.6.0_05) does not replace the existing ...

Apple has released a security update to plug a number of holes that allowed malicious software to run on a user's Mac outside of the Java sandbox. The Tuesday update for OS X Lion and Mac OS X 10.6 is ...

A Java exploit that is actively being distributed among hackers allows easy and undetectable access to systems running OSes including Windows, Linux, and OS X. Topher, an avid Mac user for the past 15 ...

An earlier version of this blog post incorrectly stated that Oracle had shipped security updates for its Java software. Oracle did push out an update for Java earlier this month — Java 6 Update 32 — ...

If your computer is running Java and you have not updated to the latest version, you may be asking for trouble: A powerful exploit that takes advantage of a newly-disclosed security hole in Java has ...

UPDATE, Thursday, Aug. 30, 4:16 p.m.: Oracle has issued a new version of Java that it says fixes the vulnerabilities described below. For more, see my new post here. Original post: Hackers have found ...

The security of Oracle's Java software framework, installed on some three billion devices worldwide, is taking a turn for the worse, thanks to an uptick in attacks targeting vulnerabilities that will ...

A number of security experts warn that businesses which fail to update from Java 6 on their systems are vulnerable to attack. The final fix for the out-of-date Java 6 platform was released by Oracle ...