Oracle is planning to ship 14 patches related to Java SE on Tuesday, including a number with the highest level of severity under the CVSS (common vulnerability... full story ![]()

Apple has patched Java for the aged OS X Snow Leopard and tweaked Safari to give users more control over what websites they let run the vulnerability plagued Oracle software. Oracle on Tuesday shipped an update for Java 6 and Java 7 to patch up to 42 bugs—the number depends on the version and platform—for Windows and OS X. Because Apple maintains Java 6 for OS X—unlike Java...
pcworld.com (1 month and 6 days ago)

Oracle released new Java security updates on Tuesday and announced plans to accelerate the release of future Java patches following recent attacks that have infected computers with malware by exploiting zero-day vulnerabilities in Java browser plug-ins. The new updates, Java 7 Update 15 and Java 6 Update 41, address five additional vulnerabilities that couldn't be included...
pcworld.com (3 months and 3 days ago)

Oracle is planning to release 128 patches on Tuesday covering security weaknesses that affect "hundreds" of its products. Four of the patches concern components of Oracle's flagship database server, and all of them can be exploited by a remote attacker without a username and password, according to the announcement. Another 29 fixes target a range of Oracle Fusion...
pcworld.com (1 month and 7 days ago)

An appeals court should rule, as a matter of law, that Google’s commercial use of Java in a market where Oracle already competed was not fair use, the software company said in a filing. “This Court should not stop at finding that Google infringed Oracle’s copyrighted work. A remand to decide fair use is pointless,” Oracle said in a filing on Monday to the U.S. Court of...
pcworld.com (3 months and 10 days ago)

Oracle released emergency patches for Java on Monday to address two critical vulnerabilities, one of which is actively being exploited by hackers in targeted attacks. The vulnerabilities, identified as CVE-2013-1493 and CVE-2013-0809, are located in the 2D component of Java and received the highest possible impact score from Oracle. “These vulnerabilities may be remotely...
pcworld.com (2 months and 22 days ago)
Oracle will release a new version of Java on Tuesday that will include 42 security fixes and will make changes to how Web-based Java content will be presented inside browsers.Thirty-nine of the vulnerabilities patched by the new Java 7 Update 21 (7u21) can be exploited remotely without authentication, Oracle said in a pre-release announcement. Some of them have the maximum...
pcworld.com (1 month and 7 days ago)
Company's latest bug fix tackles critical vulnerabilities to keep cyber criminals at bay.
businessspectator.com.au (1 month and 7 days ago)

Oracle is looking to delay until next year the planned release of Java 8, citing a renewed focus on security, Oracle’s Mark Reinhold, chief architect of the Java platform group, said in a blog post Thursday. Java Development Kit 8, based on Java Platform, Standard Edition 8, was due in September, but Reinhold says it will be pushed back to allow more work on the security...
pcworld.com (1 month and 5 days ago)

Oracle released a major security update on Tuesday for the version of Java programming language that runs inside Web browsers to make it a less popular target for hackers.
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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Oracle Corp released a major security update on Tuesday for the version of Java programming language that runs inside Web browsers to make it a less popular target for hackers.
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