"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.

A group of secure-programming experts plans a series of documents that outline the skills coders need to write Web applications that are better able to withstand attacks.

Although secure coding practices are widely available, developers still frequently make security mistakes. The more developers that know about threat aversion, the more likely it is that the ...

Amazon Web Services' automated code review helps developers find serious security issues in Java and Python applications.

It’s true that Java has fewer identified vulnerabilities than some other commonly used languages. It’s also true that some newer languages appear more secure than Java, at least at first glance.

When building secure Java applications, it's important to make sure there are no plain text passwords anywhere in the code base.

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