With the news that some Apple, Facebook, and Twitter employees’ Macs were hacked, and Apple and Oracle’s subsequent software patches, it’s time to revisit the question of whether Java can be used ...

Now is the time to disable Java in your web browser, or even remove it from your system if that is practical. Why? The bad guys are hard at work trying to exploit a zero day vulnerability in the ...

There is a lot of noise around saying – uninstall or disable Java – as it is vulnerable. Studying the topic, I found almost all versions have gone through similar exploits in the past. Sun, and later, ...

Last month Oracle released a new Java version, Update 10, that includes a one-stop option for disabling Java in all browsers in the Java Control Panel. Open Control Panel and launch the Java applet.

Mozilla must have seen the news this week: Security companies are recommending you disable Java, or just uninstall it. The organization is recommending the same to its Firefox users: At this time ...

Computer users should disable the Java software, according to the US Department of Homeland Security Credit: Photo: REUTERS Java’s makers, Oracle, issued a fix for a ‘serious security flaw’ on Sunday, ...

On one side where Oracle - Java’s makers issued a fix for a ‘serious security flaw’, the US Government went a step ahead and asked users to diable Java on all internet browsers. The department alerted ...

UPDATE, Thursday, Aug. 30, 4:16 p.m.: Oracle has issued a new version of Java that it says fixes the vulnerabilities described below. For more, see my new post here. Original post: Hackers have found ...

A new vulnerability has been found in the latest version of Java. The vulnerability is a rather massive hole and users with Java installed in their browser should likely disable it right now to ...

Java was once touted as the "write once, run anywhere" language. In theory, a single Java program could run on any Java-supporting platform. That dream never quite came to perfection, though, and ...

Everyone should heed the Klaxon calls to turn off Java, but it isn't as simple as you might think. This step-by-step guide will help Several people have written to ask me how to disable Java on their ...

Java used to be deeply embedded in OS X, but in recent versions of the OS it's an optional install. Here is how to check to see if it is installed, and how to disable or remove it. Topher Kessler ...