Now that Chrome, Firefox, Edge and Safari stopped or will soon stop supporting NPAPI web plug-ins*, Oracle thought it best to accept the Java plug-in's fate and let it go. The company has announced ...

Browser plugins have long been a source of headaches for IT security, often requiring monthly — and quite often emergency — patches to plug the security holes in ...

Reports from earlier this week noted Apple had recently blocked Java 7 browser plug-ins again on OS X. While the exact reason was unclear, a terminal workaround is no longer required. Oracle released ...

With a new attack that targets a security vulnerability in Oracle's Java spreading through the hacker underground and no available fix in sight, it may be time for users to deal with the plugin's bug ...

A new Java 0-day vulnerability has been discovered, and is already being exploited in the wild. Currently, disabling the plugin is the only way to protect your computer. Update on December 11: ...

Oracle has announced that it will kill the much-maligned Java browser plugin in the next release of the Java Development Kit, slated for release next year. For years, the bundled plugin put users at ...

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