In the October 1996 article What is Java, Really?, Rudi Cilibrasi wrote the following in his introductory overview of Java: Most people view Java as the programming language of the Web. Though Java ...

Researchers at NGSSoftware have developed a hybrid attack capable of hiding itself within an image and intend to present details on the exploit at the Black Hat security conference next week. New and ...

Jeff Friesen puts the newer, faster applet to the test in this companion to his JavaWorld feature: “Are applets making a comeback?” Here you can get a short introduction to rich Internet applet ...

Apple on Tuesday rolled out two Java updates, one for OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard and another for OS X 10.7 Lion and OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion, the latter offering improved security by uninstalling the Apple ...

Apple today released updated versions of Java 6 for OS X, bringing additional improvements to security, reliability, and compatibility. This is a standard update to Java 6, which is distributed by ...

Security researchers warn that cybercriminals have started using Java exploits signed with digital certificates to trick users into allowing the malicious code to run inside browsers. A signed Java ...