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First, why is Java cross-platform? Let's dig into the history of the language first. Sun Microsystems, the inventor of Java, was a popular vendor in the computer workstation market in the 1990s. As ...

Researchers at Kaspersky Lab have analyzed a malicious Java application that turned out to be a cross-platform bot used for DDoS attacks. Java-related security issues have remained relatively quiet ...

Xamarin now claims to be the only cross-platform mobile development vendor that allows for native iOS and Android app creation in both C# and Java, having acquired technology for the latter language ...

It's the holy grail of malware: A truly cross-platform bot that can run on any system. Well, almost any. Kaspersky Lab has come across a functioning bot written entirely in Java, and which works on ...

A Java exploit that is actively being distributed among hackers allows easy and undetectable access to systems running OSes including Windows, Linux, and OS X. Topher, an avid Mac user for the past 15 ...

Topher, an avid Mac user for the past 15 years, has been a contributing author to MacFixIt since the spring of 2008. One of his passions is troubleshooting Mac problems and making the best use of Macs ...

Will the Java Whack-a-Mole game ever end? On Monday (March 4), the nearly ubiquitous Java cross-platform software module received its third update in less than a month, and its fifth for the ...

Security vendors have discovered a new piece of malware that attacks both PCs and Macs. It uses the same Java security vulnerability exploited by the Flashback malware that infected hundreds of ...

July 11 — Servertec has released four new versions of its Java-based application/Web server. The Servertec Internet Server EJC (Embedded Java Controller) Edition runs on Snijder Micro Systems’ EJC ...