Millions of computer users who run the most recent versions of Oracle's Java software should disable it owing to security flaws, says the cybersecurity section of the Department of Homeland Security.

Steps you should take to fix a Java SE security risk on your computer, a message from Oracle, broadcast by ESET, as requested by the FTC.

I'm working on a Java app that runs off of a flash drive. It needs to be able to get a unique identifier for each computer it runs on. The next time it runs on the computer, it should be able to ...

The flaw in Java 7 "can allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system," according to a warning posted Thursday by the U.S. Computer Emergency Response ...

In 2013, savvy computer users circulated an online petition requesting that Oracle stop including the Ask.com toolbar with Java updates. Thousands of people signed. But the petition has gone unheeded.

Oracle Corp. bought Java as part of a $7.3 billion acquisition of the software's creator, Sun Microsystems, in 2010. Oracle, which is based in Redwood Shores, Calif., had no immediate comment late ...

Java, a programming language used by most computers and browsers, is about as secure as a paper mache bank vault and it acts as an open door into your computer. My solution: Throw it overboard and ...

Go to Java's "Verify Java Version" web page. 2. Click on the "Verify Java version" button to check which version of Java your computer currently has installed and whether or not you need to update it.

The Microsoft Java Virtual Machine, or MS Java VM, is used to run Java applets that can be found on web sites. When you visit a web site that has a Java applet, the MS JVM will compile and execute ...

Java, Sun's "write once, run anywhere" computer language, can run on many operating systems and devices, and is widely used on the Internet. In a 1997 lawsuit, Sun charged that Microsoft ...

Joshua Bloch, the author of “Effective Java,” a guide to the popular computer programming language, which showed up on the banned list, said he’d never heard of his book being banned in any context ...