Long-term support release candidate arrives, general availability comes next month Java 25, an LTS (long-term support) ...

That’s a high-quality curation. Oracle, the company that bought Sun in 2010, is now delivering new versions regularly and adding features that keep the Java language relevant.

Starting with Java SE 7 Update 10 (Java 7u10), Oracle added a new level of controls, he noted. For example, the company added the ability to disable any Java application running in the browser.

The new vulnerability is considered extremely critical and can be exploited to execute malicious code on a system by simply visiting a maliciously crafted Web page from a Web browser that has the ...