Researcher Adam Gowdiak, founder and CEO of Security Explorations, has revealed that the security settings in the current version of Java can simply be ignored. The Java Control Panel has a slider ...

Java’s new security settings, designed to block drive-by browser attacks, can be bypassed by hackers, a researcher announced Sunday. The news came in the aftermath of several embarrassing zero-day ...

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An update for Java Standard Edition 7 (SE7) - which was supposed to fix a high-profile critical vulnerability that left machines susceptible to remote exploits - has failed to solve all the issues ...

With the latest security holes coming to light, many are recommending removing Java entirely from your system. If you don't want to go that far, here are some things you can do. Topher, an avid Mac ...

Java’s new security settings, designed to block “drive-by” browser attacks, can be bypassed by hackers, a researcher announced Sunday. The news came in the aftermath of several embarrassing “zero-day” ...

Further flaws have been found in Java despite Oracle pledging to take the security of its software seriously. Polish infosec researcher Adam Gowdiak of Security Explorations yesterday revealed his ...

Q: Recently the Denver Post had articles telling computer users to disable UPnP and Java because of hackers using them to gain control of a person’s computer, but didn’t tell us how to do it. Can you ...