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.

Oracle today pushed out the third update in less than a month to fix critical vulnerabilities in its Java software. This patch plugs a dangerous security hole in Java that attackers have been ...

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 ...

Oracle has released an emergency patch for Java which fixes a critical bug leading to remote code execution without the need for user credentials. In a security alert posted Thursday, the tech ...

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 ...