Targeted attacks were up 42 percent in 2012, according to an analysis conducted by Symantec, and some of the attacks use known vulnerabilities -- including Java.

The latest Java security update repairs 50 vulnerabilities, the majority of which can be remotely targeted by attackers in the browser.

It’s time for another Java update — and it’s a relatively big one. Oracle is releasing fixes for 42 security bugs in its highly vulnerable Java programming language today. Thirty-nine of ...

Apple on Tuesday released a number of updates for devices running OS X, including a 2013-004 Java update and new drivers for printers from Canon and HP.

Since Java 7 Update 11, the default setting for this mechanism has been set to high, preventing unsigned Java applets from running automatically without user confirmation.

Normally 'many, many months' behind, which left 650,000 Macs in lurch with Flashback infections and no fix available For the first time, Apple has updated Java for Mac OS X on the same day Oracle ...

There’s relief available for users who applied a recent Java update that stopped some Web applications from being able to launch. Oracle has issued Java 7 Update 67 which contains a fix for the ...