A new zero-day exploit in multiple versions of Java puts roughly 1 billion users at risk to attackers and malicious code. The flaw was discovered by researchers at Poland's Security Explorations, a ...

A previously unknown security flawin the latest version of Java is now so widespread that it could, according to cybercrime reporter Brian Krebs, affect 1 billion computers. The vulnerability, which ...

A new exploit for a previously unknown and unpatched Java vulnerability is being actively used by attackers to infect computers with malware, according to researchers from security firm FireEye. “We ...

Cybercriminals were quick to integrate a newly released exploit for a Java vulnerability patched in June into a tool used to launch mass attacks against users, an independent malware researcher warned ...

Oracle contributes to the problem by not working more closely with the security industry on Java defenses, one security expert said A zero-day Java exploit found for sale in the criminal underground ...

A newly discovered vulnerability in Java-based software could potentially affect millions of devices around the world, the Department of Homeland Security warned in a briefing this week. The ...

Attackers using two recently-uncovered Java unpatched vulnerabilities, or “zero-days,” have quickly expanded their reach by going mainstream, security experts said today. And on Tuesday, Mozilla, ...

There has been a rapid expansion in the amount of malware that attempts to exploit Java code, according to Microsoft. In the second quarter of 2010, Microsoft Malware Protection Center had detected ...

Security researchers warn that cybercriminals have started using Java exploits signed with digital certificates to trick users into allowing the malicious code to run inside browsers. A signed Java ...

The Flashback malware is steadily evolving, with its latest variant now exploiting unpatched vulnerabilities found in Java runtimes for OS X. Topher, an avid Mac user for the past 15 years, has been a ...