An academic paper [PDF] published in 2018 identified a code snippet Lundblad posted on the site as the most copied Java code taken from StackOverflow and then re-used in open source projects.

New research from software security specialist Fortify reveals that bugs are far less common in Java compared with commercial C/C++ code ...

Industry group issues “essentials” for developing safe code A group of secure-programming experts plans a series of documents that outline the skills coders need to write Web applications that ...

"The CERT Oracle Secure Coding Standard for Java" book covers the rules for secure coding using Java programming language. InfoQ spoke with book authors on how these rules can help Java developers.

As with other aspects of cybersecurity, the level of programming language security depends on what we mean by “secure.” It’s true that Java has fewer identified vulnerabilities than some ...

Veracode today unveiled its 2025 GenAI Code Security Report, revealing that AI-generated code introduces security vulnerabilities in 45% of cases.

Nearly half (45%) of AI-generated code contains security flaws despite appearing production-ready, new research from Veracode ...

Many security exploits can go unnoticed by security testing applications, which can create high risks at a later stage of deployment. But, if you make secure code reviews a regular part of the ...

Father of Java James Gosling assures the programming language will remain secure even after it becomes fully open source.

Scripting for More Secure Java Code Because she works on a DevSecOps team, Boyarsky thinks a lot about process automation across enterprises with many teams.