The vulnerability "can be exploited only through sandboxed Java Web Start applications and sandboxed Java applets," according to Oracle's Java SE Critical Patch Update Advisory in June.

Next year, the Java browser plug-in, which is frequently the target of Web-based exploits, will be retired by Oracle.

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 ...

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 ...

Problems with Oracle's Java 7 runtime may require OS X users to switch back to Java 6, but currently there is no direct means of doing so.

Good news: Oracle says the next major version of its Java software will no longer plug directly into the user’s Web browser. This long overdue step should cut down dramatically on the number of ...