As with other aspects of cybersecurity, the level of programming language security depends on what we mean by “secure.” It’s true that Java has fewer identified vulnerabilities than some ...

Java security rule #1: Write clean, strong Java code Vulnerabilities love to hide in complexity, so keep your code as simple as possible without sacrificing functionality.

A common software antipattern is to log and rethrow exceptions in Java. Here we explain why doing so will make troubleshooting errors harder.

Severe vulnerability in Java logging libraries allows unauthenticated remote code execution and access to servers, warn researchers.

Proof-of-concept exploits for a critical zero-day vulnerability in the ubiquitous Apache Log4j Java-based logging library are currently being shared online, exposing home users and enterprises ...

Java platform provider Azul and container security company Chainguard have formed a strategic partnership to deliver secure ...

How do you know how good your in-house developers—or even more, your outsourced providers—are at producing secure code? Pretty much, you don’t. Enter the Secure Programming Council, a 40-organization ...

A vulnerability in a widely used logging library has become a full-blown security meltdown, affecting digital systems across the internet. Hackers are already attempting to exploit it, but even as ...

Both Java and Python contain similar security flaws that allow an attacker to bypass firewalls by injecting malicious commands inside FTP URLs.

The truth of the matter is, a large number of vulnerabilities exist in production code not because hackers are coming up with new ways to penetrate systems, but because developers and DevOps personnel ...