The Federal Trade Commission comes to terms with Oracle over some bad Java practices. Here's why it sets a good precedent, even as Java security continues to improve.

The FTC’s complaint against Oracle alleges that Oracle was aware of vulnerabilities affecting older versions of Java that enabled attacks that put users’ personal and financial data at risk.

Commission faults Oracle's Java SE update process with making consumers' computers insecure. Read the whole story ...

The FTC says Oracle hasn't been uninstalling older, insecure versions of Java. It's time for users to ditch client-side Java altogether ...

The FTC announced today that it had reached a settlement with Oracle Corporation over a complaint not about the security of Java itself, but about Oracle's patching process—and how it ...

Security issues have long bedeviled users of Oracle's Java SE, and on Monday the FTC's efforts to address the problem finally came to fruition.

Oracle Corp. has agreed to overhaul its Java security update process to settle Federal Trade Commission (FTC) charges that the company deceived consumers by not informing them that the updates left ...