Java Web Start (JNLP) is a way that a web page can cause Java to be launched to run an applet. The lack of the plug-in just means that Java will no longer run in the process space of the browser ...

Survey finds majority of Oracle Java users audited in past 3 years, leading to migration to open-source Java due to ...

Oracle will retire the Java browser plug-in, frequently the target of Web-based exploits, about a year from now. Remnants, however, will likely linger long after that. “Oracle plans to deprecate ...

Researchers from the Polish firm Security Explorations have identified a serious vulnerability in the latest version of Java that completely bypasses the new security level Oracle recently ...

Oracle will support Java Web Start in Java 8 until March 2025 and products that have dependencies on Web Start will be supported on a timeline determined by those products.

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.

My ZDNet colleague Ed Bott has exposed some icky practices at Oracle regarding their monetization of the end-user JRE install. Here's a better Java option for you to check out and some ...

For this, Oracle will allow system administrators to set up custom deployment rule sets and exception site lists to allow Java applets and Java Web Start applications signed with MD5 to run.

The database giant addressed a number of remotely exploitable flaws in Java, MySQL, and Oracle Database ... “Users should only use the default Java Plug-in and Java Web Start from the latest JDK ...

Oracle said the attack complexity for the flaws in Java SE’s 2D subcomponent (CVE 2016-3443, base score of 9.6 under CVSS 3.0), in Java SE and Java SE Embedded’s hotspot subcomponent (CVE-2016 ...

The technology company Oracle is retiring its Java browser plug-in. The software is widely used to write programs that run in web browsers. But Oracle said modern browsers were increasingly ...

If you still need Java 6 for Web applets after installing Apple's latest updates, there is a way to restore it and override Apple's preference for the use of Oracle's Java 7.