The browser plug-ins Silverlight, Flash and Java are easily exploitable by malware. Here's how to disable or uninstall them.

When people talk about Java being insecure, they're talking about the browser plug-in. Java apps themselves aren't inherently insecure, it's the browser plug-in that causes problems.

If initial experiments are any indication, the team working on the Java Browser Edition (now called the Java Kernel) will be straying quite a bit from what users really need. What they need is a ...

Oracle has finally announced its intent to nail the coffin shut on its Java browser plugin.

The security patches, issued by Oracle, correct Java vulnerabilities that have lingered in Web browsers.

The company has acknowledged that browser makers are moving away from standards-based plug-in support – or indeed have already moved away – and is waving the white flag for Java.

Citing security and market forces as primary factors, Oracle said it will drop support for the Java browser plug-in in JDK 9.