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Despite Java update, security experts say bugs remain

Oracle Corp. released an emergency update to its Java software for surfing the Web on Sunday, but security experts said the update fails to protect PCs from attack by hackers intent on committing ...
InfoWorld

Sun patches critical Java bugs

Some of the fixes for the Windows, Linux, and Solaris versions of Java Runtime Environment and Java Web Start were rated critical by outside researchers Sun patched 11 vulnerabilities in the Windows, ...
PC World

Nifty Java Bug Could Lead to Attack

A Google researcher has published details of a Java virtual machine bug that could be used to run unauthorized programs on a computer. The attack was disclosed Friday by Google’s Tavis Ormandy, who ...
PC World

PayPal is the latest victim of Java deserialization bugs in Web apps

PayPal has fixed a serious vulnerability in its back-end management system that could have allowed attackers to execute arbitrary commands on the server and potentially install a backdoor. The ...
Macworld

Oracle warns: Java users should hold off on updating to macOS Sonoma 14.4

Apple released macOS 14.4 nearly two weeks ago, but if you haven’t yet installed it, you might want to hold off. Oracle recently posted on its Java blog that Java processes on Macs running macOS ...
Computerworld

Apple patches critical Java bugs, but leaves Leopard users vulnerable

Apple today patched 15 vulnerabilities in three versions of Java used by Mac OS X 10.5, or Leopard, bringing the operating system up to par with fixes that Sun issued a month ago. Today’s Leopard ...
eWeek

Fortify Joins Hunt for Java Security Bugs

eSpeaks’ Corey Noles talks with Rob Israch, President of Tipalti, about what it means to lead with Global-First Finance and how companies can build scalable, compliant operations in an increasingly ...
Computerworld

Project checks Java code for security bugs

Fortify Software Inc. and the FindBugs project have launched a free service that will scan open-source Java software for bugs in the code. The Java Open Review project (JOR) lets open-source projects ...
Ars Technica

Attack targeting critical Java bug added to hack-by-numbers exploit kit

"Please, for the love of your computer, disable Java on your browser." This keeps ignoring the fact that very few Mac and Linux machines in the wild actually have the ...
eWeek

Java Debugger Traces Bugs to Their Origin

eSpeaks’ Corey Noles talks with Rob Israch, President of Tipalti, about what it means to lead with Global-First Finance and how companies can build scalable, compliant operations in an increasingly ...
InfoWorld

Working Around the Java Double.parseDouble Bug

You may have seen recently that Java suffers from a similar floating-point parsing bug to the one that recently affected PHP users. The basic gist of it is that for this special 64-bit floating point ...