U.S. Says Java Still Risky, Even After Security Update

"Unless it is absolutely necessary to run Java in web browsers, disable it," the Department of Homeland Security's Computer Emergency Readiness Team said.

January 15, 2013 / 11:30 IST

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security warned that a security update of Oracle Corp's Java software for Web browsers does not do enough to protect computers from attack, sticking to its previous advice that the programme be disabled.

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first published: Jan 15, 2013 11:19 am

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