44 thoughts on “ Java Patch Plugs 19 Security Holes ” Kevin Mitnick January 21, 2015. I haven’t dealt with Java since the late nineties. Don C January 21, 2015.

In short, if you have Java installed it is time to patch it or pitch it. The latest update for Java 7 (the version most users will have installed) brings the program to Java 7 Update 65 .

The latest version of Java is Update 11. Trend Micro wrote on its blog that it was alerted to a fake “Java Update 11” present on at least one website.

For anyone rushing to patch their Java software after the discovery of last week's critical flaw, a word of caution: There's a malware injector going around pretending to be a Java update.

Trend Micro has spotted a piece of malicious software that masquerades as the latest patch for Java, a typically opportunistic move by hackers. Topics Spotlight: Solving Data Analytics Challenges ...

The new update also makes some other security-related changes, including enabling the certificate revocation checking feature by default. As part of its efforts to fight Java exploits, Oracle ...

The bypass means that millions of Java users have remained vulnerable to the flaw, categorized as CVE-2013-5838, despite assurances from Oracle that the attacks were no longer possible.

The Java security Critical Patch Update was due February 19 but Oracle released it February 1. The latest patch addresses up to 50 Java vulnerabilities, most of them related to client-side ...

Update For the second time in two weeks, researchers have discovered a three-year-old broken patch for a vulnerability in IBM’s Java SDK implementation.. The flaw allows for an attacker to ...

Apple has released a Java patch for its aging Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard operating system. The release comes on the heels of the sweeping Java software security update released by owner Oracle ...

Oracle has changed the numbering of its Java security updates, prompting one expert to say, "As if Java updates weren't confusing already." Topics Spotlight: Solving Data Analytics Challenges; ...