As we noted when Java 7 Update 11 was released, Oracle changed the default Java Security Level setting from Medium to High, meaning the user is now always prompted before any unsigned Java applet ...

Oracle has released Java 7 Update 11 to address recently discovered vulnerabilities in its software. ... increased security level for Java applets January 14, 2013 - 12:20 ...

“The Java 7u21 release introduces changes to security messages related to running Java applets and applications,” Oracle said in a technical document that explains the changes. “All Java ...

The much-maligned Java browser plugin, source of so many security flaws over the years, is to be killed off by Oracle. It will not be mourned. Oracle, which acquired Java as part of its 2010 ...

But what about Oracle’s vision of a Java future where every Java applet is signed? What this vision means is that every Java applet, which would be signed, would also now be in a state where it ...

Oracle patched nine security flaws in Oracle Java SE, which affects Java applets and Java Web Start applications. All of the vulnerabilities can be remotely exploited without a username or ...

Georges Saab, Oracle Java Platform Group VP of development, ... (API), which has been in Java almost since day one, is finally gone. The applet browser plug-in had already been removed in JDK 11.

Two of the critical flaws, in Java’s 2D component (CVE-2016-0494) and in Java’s AWT (CVE-2015-8126), can only be exploited through sandboxed Java Web Start applications and Java applets.

Oracle says that starting with April 18, 2017, Java (JRE) will treat all JAR files signed with the MD5 algorithm as unsigned, meaning they'll be considered insecure and blocked from running.