Cybercriminals are in mourning after the shocking announcement from technology giant Oracle that it soon plans to deep-six its beloved Java Web browser plug-in (see Oracle's Security Absurdity). See ...

Oracle will retire the Java browser plug-in, frequently the target of Web-based exploits, about a year from now. Remnants, however, will likely linger long after that. “Oracle plans to deprecate the ...

Oracle will retire the Java browser plug-in, frequently the target of Web-based exploits, about a year from now. Remnants, however, will likely linger long after that. “Oracle plans to deprecate the ...

Most browser installations use outdated versions of the Java plug-in that are vulnerable to at least one of several exploits currently used in popular Web attack toolkits, according to statistics ...

Mozilla has blacklisted unpatched versions of the Java plug-in from Firefox on Windows in order to protect its users from attacks that exploit known vulnerabilities in those versions. Mozilla can add ...

Six years have passed since I wrote “Plug into Java with Java Plug-in” for JavaWorld. My earlier article defined Java Plug-in, showed how to install version 1.2 for Netscape Communicator 4.5 and ...

Anyone still using a Java plug-in in their Web browser, beware: Another major, new--and as yet unpatched--vulnerability has been spotted in Java. Unfortunately, unlike a number of the other, recently ...

In the wake of popular Internet browsers Chrome, Firefox, Edge, and Safari ceasing NPAPI web plug-in support, Oracle has finally accepted that its troublesome Java plug-in is dead and gone, announcing ...

With an eye toward both consumer and enterprise needs, Sun Microsystems is reworking the plug-in architecture of Java in an upcoming update to Java Platform Standard Edition (SE) 6, company officials ...

Java's unloved browser plug-in is finally being phased out. With Flash also headed for the dustbin, user security should significantly improve -- provided, of course, that people don't leave the ...