San Francisco: Oracle Corp released a major security update on Tuesday for the version of Java programming language that runs inside Web browsers to make it a less popular target for hackers.
The patch fixes 42 vulnerabilities within Java, including "the vast majority" of those that have been rated as the most critical, said Oracle Executive Vice President Hasan Rizvi.
A series of big security flaws in the Java plug-in for browsers have been uncovered in the past year by researchers and hackers, and some have been used by criminal groups before previous patches were issued.
One widespread hacking campaign disclosed this year infected computers using Microsoft Corp's Windows and Apple software inside hundreds of companies, including Facebook, Apple Inc and Twitter....
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10:09 AM, Apr 17, 2013
Apple was recently attacked by hackers who infected Macintosh computers of some employees. ...
08:11 AM, Feb 20, 2013
Facebook didn't identify a suspected origin of its hacking incident, but provided a few details about how it apparently happened. ...
11:35 AM, Feb 16, 2013
The blocks affect programs and online games that use Java in Web browsers. ...
06:36 AM, Feb 01, 2013
Oracle Corp. said Monday it has released a fix for the flaw in its Java software that raised an alarm from the US Department of Homeland Security last week. ...
09:38 AM, Jan 15, 2013
Oracle Corp released an emergency update to its Java software for surfing the Web on Sunday, but security experts said the update fails to protect PCs from attack by hackers intent on committing cyber crimes. ...
11:29 AM, Jan 14, 2013
Oracle Corp said it is preparing an update to address a flaw in its widely used Java software after the US Department of Homeland Security urged computer users to disable the program in web browsers because criminal hackers are exploiting a security bug to attack PCs. ...
12:01 PM, Jan 13, 2013
Experts believe hackers have found a flaw in Java's coding that creates an opening for criminal activity and other high-tech mischief. ...
04:11 PM, Jan 12, 2013
Security experts say machines running on Mac OS X, Linux or Windows all appear to be vulnerable hacker attacks using the Java security flaw. ...
07:01 AM, Jan 11, 2013
Boston: Apple is removing old versions of Oracle's Java software from Internet browsers on the computers of its customers when they install the latest update to its Mac operating system. Apple, which has previously included Java with installations of Mac OS X, announced the move on its support site. It said that customers need to obtain Java directly from Oracle if they want to access web content written the widely...
12:54 PM, Oct 20, 2012
New York: Phone maker Nokia Oyj is expected to announce a deal that will give customers of technology company Oracle Corp access to Nokia's mapping services, the Wall Street Journal reported. The deal may be announced on Monday in San Francisco at the OracleWorld conference. It was confirmed by a Nokia spokesperson, the newspaper said. Finland's Nokia, which has been looking for ways to boost its location services business, also...
10:40 AM, Oct 01, 2012
Redwood Shores: Oracle Corp repaired bugs in its widely used Java software on Thursday, several days after several computer security experts found flaws that they said opened PCs to attacks by hackers. Warnings about the bugs began emerging over the weekend, unnerving businesses and consumers scrambling to fend off growing threats from computer viruses that are able to evade anti-virus software. Oracle urged computer users to install the latest version...
06:25 AM, Aug 31, 2012
Washington: Software giant Oracle has agreed to pay $2 million to settle US regulators' charges that its Indian subsidiary violated foreign anti-bribery laws by secretly setting aside money to make unauthorised payments to phony vendors. In a complaint filed with the federal court in San Francisco, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Thursday alleged that during a period between 2005 and 2007, employees at Oracle India had distributors...
11:04 AM, Aug 17, 2012
San Francisco: Oracle Corp said it had acquired social marketing firm Involver, notching the third deal in as many months in a red-hot area for enterprise software makers. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. San Francisco-based Involver, founded in 2007, provides tools for developers to create advertising campaigns on social media networks such as Facebook. "Companies are looking to harness the full potential of social media to increase brand...
05:52 AM, Jul 11, 2012
Hawaii: Billionaire Oracle CEO Larry Ellison bought 98 per cent of Hawaiis sixth-largest island, Lanai, the states governor announced on Wednesday. Ellison, ranked in 2012 as Americas third-richest man, is purchasing the property from fellow billionaire David Murdock. Murdocks Castle and Cooke Inc, which owns all but 2 per cent of Lanais 141 square miles (365 square km), filed a transfer application with Hawaiis Public Utilities Commission. Previous media reports...
11:10 AM, Jun 21, 2012
San Francisco: Business software maker Oracle is finally adapting to a shift in computing that is threatening to turn the company into relic. The 35-year-old company hailed its technological transition Wednesday at its Redwood Shores, California headquarters, where hyperbolic CEO Larry Ellison announced plans to distribute more than 100 business software applications over the Internet instead of selling them as products that have to be installed on individual office computers....
10:40 AM, Jun 07, 2012
Mumbai: Microsoft India on Thursday bagged the Randstad Award 2012 for the 'most attractive employer' in the country for the second consecutive year followed by Oracle India and Tata Consultancy Services. The Randstad Award 2012 was also given to Volkswagen India and Nokia India as special recognition in the auto and consumer durables industry sector, respectively. The award, instituted globally by leading HR services provider Randstad, aims to encourage best...
11:23 PM, Apr 26, 2012
San Francisco: A Google engineer, testifying in a high-stakes trial pitting Oracle Corp against Google Inc, denied that he referred to Oracle or any other company when he wrote in an email that Google should take a license to use the Java programming language. The trial entered its fourth day on Thursday, with Google engineer Timothy Lindholm taking the stand to answer questions about a 2010 email that has become...
12:59 PM, Apr 20, 2012
Boston: Berkshire Hathaway Inc Chief Executive Warren Buffett said he has stage 1 prostate cancer but his condition "is not remotely life-threatening or even debilitating in any meaningful way." Buffett, the world's third-richest man, will begin a two-month treatment consisting of daily radiation treatments starting in mid-July, he said in a statement on Tuesday. This will limit his ability to travel during that time, Buffett added. The news from the...
08:32 AM, Apr 18, 2012
San Francisco: Oracle Corp Chief Executive Larry Ellison said the software maker had considered building its own smartphone to compete with Apple Inc and Google Inc, but decided it was a "bad idea" after a weeks-long cost and market analysis. As part of that exhaustive internal analysis, he said, Oracle had pondered at one point buying Blackberry-maker Research in Motion Ltd and Palm - a smartphone maker scooped up by...
08:32 AM, Apr 18, 2012
