As a web plugin, Oracle’s aging code deployment platform has practically been a revolving door for widespread malware attacks recently, and for years the general consensus has often been that its ...

Last month, I wrote about how Microsoft told its users to update Java or kill it. This week, a new 0-day vulnerability in Sun’s software is pushing security companies to do the same, with one ...

Headlines about Adobe Flash zero-day exploits and calls for the execution of Adobe Flash dominated headlines over the past week or so in the wake of the Hacking Team hack. Meanwhile, Oracle pushed out ...

Java has its security flaws, but it isn’t going away any time soon—after all, many important applications run on the technology, especially in business settings. Still, numerous users are worried ...

The last time hackers found a hole in Java’s browser plugin so bad that it sparked a warning from Homeland Security—which was less than five months ago, mind you—I wrote that you should “probably ...

Biz Stone called it "one of the most special days in the history of Twitter." And as it turned out, it was also a notable day for Java, a relic of the 1990s that is once again remaking the internet.

The .NET ecosystem is affected by a similar flaw that has wreaked havoc among Java apps and developers in 2016. The flaw is in how .NET coding libraries handle deserialization operations, leading to ...

The Ruby programming language is impacted by a similar "deserialization issue" that has affected and wreaked havoc in the Java ecosystem in 2016; an issue that later also proved to be a problem for ...

The Java language and platform continues to be the backbone of many enterprise applications, and yet businesses are only scratching the surface of its cost-saving potential. That's the conclusion of a ...

In Chicago, it’s the Cubs or the White Sox. In underwear, it’s boxers or briefs. In Web services platforms, it’s Java or Microsoft Windows. When Microsoft launched its .Net program, the personal ...