Good news: Oracle says the next major version of its Java software will no longer plug directly into the user’s Web browser. This long overdue step should cut down dramatically on the number of ...

Next year, the Java browser plug-in, which is frequently the target of Web-based exploits, will be retired by Oracle.

Oracle is encouraging users to migrate away from building Java Applets to its plugin-free Java Web Start technology.

Topic warns that any developers working on apps that still rely on the Java plugin will switch to something else, like Oracle’s standalone Java framework Java Web Start.

The technology company Oracle is retiring its Java browser plug-in. The software is widely used to write programs that run in web browsers. But Oracle said modern browsers were increasingly ...

Researchers from the Polish firm Security Explorations have identified a serious vulnerability in the latest version of Java that completely bypasses the new security level Oracle recently ...

My ZDNet colleague Ed Bott has exposed some icky practices at Oracle regarding their monetization of the end-user JRE install. Here's a better Java option for you to check out and some ...

Two of the critical flaws, in Java’s 2D component (CVE-2016-0494) and in Java’s AWT (CVE-2015-8126), can only be exploited through sandboxed Java Web Start applications and Java applets.

Problems with Oracle's Java 7 runtime may require OS X users to switch back to Java 6, but currently there is no direct means of doing so.

If you still need Java 6 for Web applets after installing Apple's latest updates, there is a way to restore it and override Apple's preference for the use of Oracle's Java 7.