The security patches, issued by Oracle, correct Java vulnerabilities that have lingered in Web browsers.

Citing security and market forces as primary factors, Oracle said it will drop support for the Java browser plug-in in JDK 9.

Oracle has announced that that it is finally killing off its Java browser plugin, the company has said that the technology will be removed from the Oracle Java Development Kit in the near future.

Modern browsers these days have cut off support for NPAPI, or the Netscape Plugin API, the almsot ancient feature that allowed the likes of Flash and Java to operate inside web browsers.

Security experts recommend disabling or abandoning Java browser plug-ins because of security issues affected the platform. Zero-day vulnerabilities and exploits have allowed attackers to escape ...

Next year, the Java browser plug-in, which is frequently the target of Web-based exploits, will be retired by Oracle.

After years of bad press caused by security problems associated with the component, Oracle is eliminating the Java browser plug-in in its JDK 9 release.

A recent Java 7 update allows users to completely prevent Java applications from running inside browsers or to restrict how Web-based Java content is handled by the Java Runtime Environment (JRE ...

Do you still have Java turned on in your web browser? If your answer is “Yes” or “I’m not sure” then it’s time to take action.

Come September 2016, the perennial threat vector otherwise known as the Java plugin will be deprecated and well on its way to being dead, decreased, and thankfully, an ex-plugin.