Apple today released a new version of Java for Mac to plug a total of 15 documented security vulnerabilities that could lead to remote code execution attacks via rigged Web pages. The Java for Mac OS ...

May switch default Java version We previously reported that, per Apple's documentation, Java for Mac OS X 10.5 Update 1 (which installs Java SE 6 version 1.6.0_05) does not replace the existing ...

Apple has finally released a Java for Mac update to fix multiple security flaws that were patched upstream more than six months ago. The fix comes three weeks after developers released ...

The Java updates rolled out by Apple this week include security patches as well as other improvements, but the company skipped over some of Sun's revisions. While Java was originally developed by Sun ...

Need to install Java on your Mac to run a particular application? While most Mac users will never need Java, there are ...

Apple on Tuesday shipped a Java security update to Leopard and Snow Leopard users that patched a total of 27 vulnerabilities in the Oracle software. Some of the bugs could be exploited to execute ...

Java enthusiasts can relax a little bit: on Friday, Apple announced that it will work with Oracle to help create an open source Java SE 7 implementation for Mac OS X. The move makes sense for Apple, ...

Altogether, Apple released Java Mac OS X 10.5 Update 7 and Java for Mac OS X 10.6 Update 2, addressing multiple vulnerabilities, the most serious of which allow a maliciously crafted Java applet to be ...

If you still use Java on your Mac, these security fixes are considered critical. I think the author here is missing a major point: Oracle is not issuing security fixes to Mac users. The key difference ...

So, in the release notes for today's Java updates to Mac OS X, Apple has announced that they are deprecating Java. The Apple release of Java is going into maintenance mode in Leopard and Snow Leopard, ...

With the news that some Apple, Facebook, and Twitter employees’ Macs were hacked, and Apple and Oracle’s subsequent software patches, it’s time to revisit the question of whether Java can be used ...

Apple has addressed a swag of vulnerabilities with updates to its versions of Java for Mac OS X. Java for Mac OS X 10.5 Update 9 delivers Java 1.5.0_28 and Java 1.6.0_24, which provide fixes for 11 ...