A flaw in Microsoft's Java Virtual Machine could allow hackers to hijack a browser and redirect traffic, capturing sensitive data such as the person's passwords, Microsoft has revealed. The company ...

An Oracle executive has promised to "fix" problems with Java that have left Web sites running the Java plugin vulnerable to malicious hackers and resulted in some high-profile security breaches.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has reiterated its warning to Java users that the widely used Web plug-in still poses risks for Internet users, even after Oracle patched the software to ...

Although it seems like stories about security holes in browser add-ons are a dime a dozen, the last one was big enough for the US Department of Homeland Security to issue an alert. Oracle’s Java is ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Computer users are still being told to disable the Java software in their web browsers despite Oracle releasing an emergency patch to ...