A new exploit for a previously unknown and unpatched Java vulnerability is being actively used by attackers to infect computers with malware, according to researchers from security firm FireEye. “We ...

Java exploits appear to be increasing as attacks targeting Adobe Reader and Acrobat decline, according to a Cisco 3Q10 Global Threat Report, released Wednesday. Java exploits rose from 5 percent of ...

Microsoft warned users about an "unprecedented wave of Java exploitation" in 2010, enabling hackers to use widespread Java vulnerabilities to launch malicious attacks. Thus far in 2010, Microsoft ...

Cybercriminals were quick to integrate a newly released exploit for a Java vulnerability patched in June into a tool used to launch mass attacks against users, an independent malware researcher warned ...

A Java vulnerability that hasn’t yet been patched by Apple is being exploited by cybercriminals to infect Mac computers with a new variant of the Flashback malware, according to security researchers ...

An exploit for a previously unknown and currently unpatched vulnerability in Java is being used by cybercriminals to infect computers with malware, according to security researchers. An independent ...

Attackers using two recently-uncovered Java unpatched vulnerabilities, or “zero-days,” have quickly expanded their reach by going mainstream, security experts said today. And on Tuesday, Mozilla, ...

Java is becoming bloated, unpredictable and extremely annoying with all the exploits and updates. It's just the browser plugin that is being exploited. Disable it and you'll be fine. As on the second ...

Microsoft Silverlight vulnerabilities are increasingly being exploited in drive-by download attacks to infect computers with malware, especially through malicious ads. Attackers have been adding ...

Go ahead and update Java—or disable it if you don’t remember the last time you actually used it on the Web: Oracle’s latest patch, released Tuesday, fixes 25 vulnerabilities in the aging platform, ...

"Please, for the love of your computer, disable Java on your browser." This keeps ignoring the fact that very few Mac and Linux machines in the wild actually have the ...

Cisco Systems says Java vulnerabilities are now exploited more often than holes in Adobe's Acrobat and Reader applications. The networking giant's 2010 Annual Security Report states that in January ...