The Next Web

Mozilla joins the chorus, tells Firefox users to disable Java due to security hole

Mozilla must have seen the news this week: Security companies are recommending you disable Java, or just uninstall it. The organization is recommending the same to its Firefox users: At this time ...
CNET

Firefox 1.5 Special Report: Java problems, solutions; issues after visiting pages with Java

A number of users are having problems with Java content in Firefox 1.5. Some users experience freezes when accessing embedded Java content, other experience issues with graphic components of Java ...
Dark Reading

Firefox Moves To Block Java, Silverlight, Adobe Reader

Mozilla has announced that all Firefox plug-ins, barring the most recent version of Flash, will soon require explicit user authorization before being allowed to run ...
The Next Web

Following active exploits, Mozilla adds all recent versions of Java to its Firefox add-on ...

Mozilla on Friday announced it has added Java 7 Update 9, Java 7 Update 10, Java 6 Update 37, and Java 6 Update 38 to its Firefox add-on block list, following yesterday’s news of a new vulnerability.
CNET

QuickTime/Java security flaw affects Safari, Firefox, other Mac browsers; protecting against

More details are emerging regarding a QuickTime/Java security flaw affecting Mac OS X discovered by Dino Dai Zovi at the CanSecWest conference. A Secunia report on ...
InfoWorld

Mozilla blacklists vulnerable Java plug-ins from Firefox

Mozilla has blacklisted unpatched versions of the Java plug-in from Firefox on Windows in order to protect its users from attacks that exploit known vulnerabilities in those versions. Mozilla can add ...
PC World

Remove Old Versions of the Java Console from Firefox

While we’re on the subject of improving Firefox performance (see yesterday’s post on clearing the Downloads list), let’s talk about old, outdated Java Consoles ...
PC World

Mozilla Adds Vulnerable Java Plug-in Versions to Firefox Blocklist

Mozilla has blacklisted unpatched versions of the Java plug-in from Firefox on Windows in order to protect its users from attacks that exploit known vulnerabilities in those versions. Mozilla can add ...
Threat Post

Mozilla Adds Older Java Versions to Firefox Blocklist

Mozilla has made a change in Firefox that will block all of the older versions of Java that contain a critical vulnerability that’s being actively exploited. The decision to add these vulnerable ...
TechSpot

Mozilla warns Firefox users to disable Java over zero-day exploit

Mozilla has warned Firefox users to disable Oracle's Java software framework plugin after researchers discovered that cybercriminals are actively exploiting yet another zero-day vulnerability in the ...
Liliputing

Firefox “click to play” means Silverlight, Java, most plugins won’t run automatically

Mozilla is taking an interesting approach toward improving stability and security in future versions of the Firefox web browser. Starting soon, websites won’t be ...