Unlock the full InfoQ experience by logging in! Stay updated with your favorite authors and topics, engage with content, and download exclusive resources. Kenneth Harris, a NASA veteran who worked on ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about hardware and software YOU need to know about. Earlier this week a new and very serious vulnerability was discovered ...

A number of security experts warn that businesses which fail to update from Java 6 on their systems are vulnerable to attack. The final fix for the out-of-date Java 6 platform was released by Oracle ...

Unlock the full InfoQ experience by logging in! Stay updated with your favorite authors and topics, engage with content, and download exclusive resources. This article dives into the happens-before ...

Warning to anyone still using Java 6: Upgrade now to Java 7 to avoid being compromised by active attacks. That alert came via F-Secure anti-malware analyst Timo Hirvonen, who reported finding an ...

After extensive beta testing, Sun Microsystems has released update 10 of its Java Platform Standard Edition 6, with many significant enhancements. Will this lead to a resurgence of Java applications ...

Apple today issued a Java update for OS X Lion and Snow Leopard to make it more difficult for hackers to exploit other vulnerabilities. The update brought Java 6 up to par with Oracle’s version 35, ...

Oracle recently announced it will continue to support Java SE 6 until Feb 2013, extending the so-called end-of-life (EOL) date for the five-year-old development platform a second time. The original ...

A critical vulnerability impacting the out-of-date but popular Java 6 platform has been added to the Neutrino commercially available exploit kit. F-Secure senior analyst Timo Hirvonen spotted the flaw ...