News that Oracle will now provide Mac users with Java updates at the same time as they are available for Windows and Linux, has been celebrated, not least because it comes in the wake of the Flashback ...

A variant of the Flashback malware that takes advantage of the well-known vulnerability has been spotted on the Internet, Helsinki, Finland-based F-Secure reported Monday. Oracle, which controls the ...

When Steve Jobs was asked why Apple was deprecating in-house Java development for OS X, he explained: “Sun (now Oracle) supplies Java for all other platforms. They have their own release schedules, ...

A new version of the infamous Koobface worm designed to attack Mac OS X computers is spreading through Facebook and other social networking sites, security experts warn. Security software maker Intego ...

In a set of recent updates to Mac OS X, Apple patched a vulnerability in Java that had allowed a Malware infection known as Flashback to spread to some 700K of its computers. Now, a new backdoor Java ...

A new trojan horse has cropped up that affects Mac OS X (and Windows as well), primarily disguised as a video flitting around social networking sites. When users click an infected link, a Java applet ...

First, the bad news. Once again, Mac users are at risk due to a flaw in Java, similar to the one that enabled the Flashback Trojan. Even worse, there isn’t (yet) a patch to fix that vulnerability. But ...