Java is still being used. We tell you how to install Java and make sure that you have enabled the latest Java version on your Windows computer.

After the first incident, Java quickly released an updated version that could run on the OS but even the updated version was susceptible to security exploits.

When I was checking my Macs for the Flashback malware last week (see “How to Detect and Protect Against Updated Flashback Malware,” 5 April 2012), I ran into something odd with Firefox. Mozilla’s plug ...

Microsoft Corp.'s Windows XP is the operating system that will have to carry an updated version of Sun Microsystems' Java programming language, a federal judge ruled Tuesday.

On Friday, we noted that Apple had taken the rare step of using its anti-malware tools in OS X to disable existing installations of the Java 7 browser plug-in due to a major security vulnerability ...