One of Java’s most-touted features is a “sandbox” security mechanism that is supposed to prevent certain functions when the applet is sent as part of a Web page.

Apple’s release of Java is not included with a new installation of OS X Lion. If you upgrade from Snow Leopard to Lion, however, the JRE remains on the system and can be targeted by Java-based ...

Java Development Kit (JDK) 22, released by Oracle March 19 as the latest version of standard Java, offers a number of security enhancements, covering areas ranging from an asymmetric key interface ...

Like Bit9, the Websense researchers also found that enterprises have been slow to apply Java 7 update 21. "This is not a new issue, of course," said Julien Sobrier, senior security researcher at ...

Security has been somewhat of an afterthought as part of the Java EE development environment. Developers have either had to implement security at the server level or use a third-party framework. This ...