The days of bloated, bug ridden, error prone web browser plugins are finally and truly numbered. Just last month, Adobe has practically started Flash's retirement ...

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Oracle will retire the Java browser plug-in, frequently the target of Web-based exploits, about a year from now. Remnants, however, will likely linger long after that. “Oracle plans to deprecate the ...

Oracle earlier this week announced its decision to scrap its Java browser plug-in. The plug-in, which has been a frequent target of hackers, won’t be included in the next version of the kit for Java ...

The technology company Oracle is retiring its Java browser plug-in. The software is widely used to write programs that run in web browsers. But Oracle said modern browsers were increasingly ...

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 ...

Good news: Oracle says the next major version of its Java software will no longer plug directly into the user’s Web browser. This long overdue step should cut down dramatically on the number of ...

Both flaws affect the Java component in Web browsers. FireEye detected one the vulnerabilities last week and indicated that it was being used to spread a remote access Trojan onto victim's computers, ...

Oracle announced that it is putting a life sentence on the Java browser plugin, which was found to often display security problems and require updates that are more ...

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 ...