Security means many things to many people. For much of its history, Java security has meant virtual machine and byte code security. That notion neglects two equally important facets -- application ...

The ByteCode Verifier process is responsible for checking code as it is being loaded into the Virtual Machine, the company said. Attackers could launch an attack using a Java applet embedded in a ...

In one of my previous posts I described how the CVE-2012-1889 vulnerability (CVE2012-1889: MSXML use-after-free vulnerability) works, but the Java exploitation process is too easy for the bad guys ...

Java security issues are real. Java was designed to be as secure as most other popular programming languages, and it offers features like SecurityManager to help improve security in certain contexts.

Photo credit: devdsp Concerns about the susceptibility of the Java programming language to cyberattacks culminated Thursday night, with a warning posted on the Department of Homeland Security's ...

A new fork of the Black Hole exploit kit is making quick work of a recently patched Java vulnerability and security researchers say that the attackers are registering new sites quickly to exploit ...