Early this morning Apple issued an update to its XProtect malware-handling system in OS X that updates the Web plug-in blacklist to include a more recent version of Oracle's Java plug-in.

For example, choose "Java SE 6" if you want to download any version number ranging from Java 6.0 to Java 6.43. You will select the specific update number on the next page.

Oracle just released Java 6, Update 39, meaning that SiteBuilder installs a version of Java that includes hundreds of known, critical security vulnerabilities that can be used to remotely ...

Mozilla has added Java to the blocklist of malicious apps in the Firefox browser because older versions of it are being exploited in attacks.

Microsoft is offering advice on how to protect yourself from Java-based malware. The instructions are simple: either update it, disable it, or just uninstall it completely.

Oracle addressed 40 security issues in Java and enabled online certificate revocation checking by default in its scheduled critical patch update for Java on Tuesday.

The latest versions of Java for Windows are Java 6 Update 31 and Java 7 Update 3. Mozilla is also considering adding a blocklist entry for the Java plug-in on OS X.