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2025

Java Security Evolution - Out with the Old, In with the New by Sean Mullan on July 20, 2025
Episode 38 “Integrity by Default” with Ron Pressler by Ron Pressler, Nicolai Parlog on June 24, 2025
Java 25 Encodes PEM - Inside Java Newscast #93 by Nicolai Parlog on June 19, 2025
JEP targeted to JDK 25: 470: PEM Encodings of Cryptographic Objects (Preview) by Anthony Scarpino on June 11, 2025
JEP targeted to JDK 25: 510: Key Derivation Function API by Kevin Driver on May 26, 2025
Announcing Jipher: Java Cryptographic Service Provider for FIPS Environments by Poonam Parhar on April 30, 2025
JDK 24 Security Enhancements by Sean Mullan on April 8, 2025
Java 24 Release Notes Overview - Security Updates by Billy Korando on April 5, 2025
Java Resists Quantum Attacks - Inside Java Newscast #85 by Ana-Maria Mihalceanu on February 13, 2025
Peaceful and Bright Future of Integrity by Default in Java by Ana-Maria Mihalceanu on January 3, 2025

2024

Detoxifying the JDK Source Code by Stuart Marks on December 13, 2024
Quality Outreach Heads-up - JDK 24: Retiring the Security Manager by Ana-Maria Mihalceanu on December 11, 2024
Quality Outreach Heads-up - JDK 24: Security Properties Files Inclusion by Ana-Maria Mihalceanu on December 10, 2024
Quality Outreach Heads-up - JDK 24: Prepares Restricted Native Access by Nicolai Parlog on December 9, 2024
JEP targeted to JDK 24: 497: Quantum-Resistant Module-Lattice-Based Digital Signature Algorithm by Weijun Wang on November 24, 2024
JEP targeted to JDK 24: 496: Quantum-Resistant Module-Lattice-Based Key Encapsulation Mechanism by Weijun Wang on November 23, 2024
Monitoring Java Application Security with JDK tools and JFR Events by Ana-Maria Mihalceanu on November 17, 2024
JEP targeted to JDK 24: 486: Permanently Disable the Security Manager by Sean Mullan, Alex Buckley on November 12, 2024
JEP targeted to JDK 24: 478: Key Derivation Function API (Preview) by Kevin Driver on November 2, 2024
Serialization - A New Hope by Viktor Klang, Brian Goetz on October 13, 2024
JDK 23 Security Enhancements by Sean Mullan on September 23, 2024
Integrity by Default #JVMLS by Ron Pressler on September 12, 2024
Tutorial: Leveraging JDK Tools and Updates to Help Safeguard Java Applications by Dalibor Topić on August 7, 2024
Quality Outreach Heads-up - JDK 23: Re-Specified Subject.getSubject API by Ana-Maria Mihalceanu on July 8, 2024
How to Build Custom Java Runtimes with Jlink by Billy Korando on June 21, 2024
JDK 22 Security Enhancements by Sean Mullan on March 20, 2024
Java 17 to 21: A Showcase of JDK Security Enhancements by Ana-Maria Mihalceanu on March 3, 2024
Java's Custom Runtime Builder - jlink by Billy Korando on February 25, 2024
Quality Outreach Heads-up - Deprecate the Memory-Access Methods in sun.misc.Unsafe for Removal in a Future Release by David Delabassee on January 29, 2024

2023

Java SE Security Developer’s Guide by December 13, 2023
Open sourcing Jipher for FIPS regulated environments by Denis Gauthier (guest) on November 11, 2023
JDK 21 Security Enhancements by Sean Mullan on September 22, 2023
Java 21 Security #RoadTo21 by Ana-Maria Mihalceanu on September 13, 2023
Strengthen your Java App's Defenses with Key Encapsulation Mechanism API - Inside Java Newscast #54 by Ana-Maria Mihalceanu on August 3, 2023
KDF JEP for the Java Platform by Kevin Driver on July 30, 2023
JEP proposed to target JDK 21: 452: Key Encapsulation Mechanism API by Weijun Wang on May 20, 2023
Evolving the Security of the Java Platform by Frances Ho, Brad Wetmore on April 11, 2023
JDK 20 Security Enhancements by Sean Mullan on March 22, 2023
Tutorial - Introduction to Java Encryption/Decryption by Ana-Maria Mihalceanu on February 22, 2023
Quality Outreach Heads-up - JDK 20: JMX Connections Use an ObjectInputFilter by Default by David Delabassee on February 20, 2023
From Java Security with Love - Inside Java Newscast #42 by Ana-Maria Mihalceanu on February 14, 2023
Future Java - Prepare Your Codebase Now! - Inside Java Newscast #41 by Nicolai Parlog on February 2, 2023
Secure Coding Guidelines for Java SE by Chris Ries on January 4, 2023

2022

JDK 19 Security Enhancements by Sean Mullan on September 22, 2022
Why Write an Empty finalize() Method? by Stuart Marks on April 28, 2022
Quality Outreach Heads-up - Java Cryptographic Extension Survey by David Delabassee on April 21, 2022
Oracle JRE and JDK Cryptographic Roadmap Update by April 19, 2022
Java Cryptographic Extension Survey by Anthony Scarpino on April 12, 2022
JDK 18 Security Enhancements by Sean Mullan on March 22, 2022
Episode 21 “JEP 421 and Finalization Deprecation” by Brent Christian, David Delabassee on January 12, 2022

2021

Quality Outreach Heads-up - JDK 18: JEP 411 by David Delabassee on December 6, 2021
Record Serialization - Sip of Java by Billy Korando on October 21, 2021
JDK 18 augmented `javac -Xlint:serial` checks by Joe Darcy on October 20, 2021
Oracle JRE and JDK Cryptographic Roadmap update by Aurelio García-Ribeyro on October 19, 2021
Serialization Filters - Sip of Java by Billy Korando on October 14, 2021
JDK 17 Security Enhancements by Sean Mullan on September 15, 2021
A few updates to JEP 411: Deprecate the Security Manager for Removal by Sean Mullan on July 16, 2021
Episode 18 “Java's steady march towards strong encapsulation” with Alan Bateman by Alan Bateman, Chad Arimura on June 29, 2021
Oracle JRE and JDK Cryptographic Roadmap by Aurelio García-Ribeyro on June 11, 2021
JEP proposed to target JDK 17: 415: Context-Specific Deserialization Filters by Mark Reinhold on June 1, 2021
Updates to JEP 411: Deprecate the Security Manager for Removal by Sean Mullan on May 29, 2021
Inside Java Newscast #5 by Nicolai Parlog, José Paumard on May 27, 2021
JEP proposed to target JDK 17: 411: Deprecate the Security Manager for Removal by Mark Reinhold on May 21, 2021
Updates to JEP 411: Deprecate the Security Manager for Removal by Sean Mullan on May 19, 2021
JEP proposed to target JDK 17: 403: Strongly Encapsulate JDK Internals by Mark Reinhold on May 18, 2021
New candidate JEP: 415: Context-Specific Deserialization Filters by Mark Reinhold on May 6, 2021
Security and Sandboxing Post SecurityManager by Ron Pressler on April 23, 2021
New candidate JEP: 411: Deprecate the Security Manager for Removal by Mark Reinhold on April 15, 2021
How Java Records Can Improve Serialization by Julia Boes, Chris Hegarty on April 13, 2021
Record Serialization in Practice by Julia Boes, Chris Hegarty on April 6, 2021
JDK 16 Security Enhancements by Sean Mullan on March 18, 2021
JEP proposed to target JDK 17: 398: Deprecate the Applet API for Removal by Mark Reinhold on March 17, 2021
Simpler Serialization with Records by Julia Boes, Chris Hegarty on March 12, 2021
Episode 14 “Records Serialization” with Julia Boes and Chris Hegarty by Julia Boes, Chris Hegarty, David Delabassee on March 8, 2021
New candidate JEP: 398: Deprecate the Applet API for Removal by Mark Reinhold on March 5, 2021
Monitoring Deserialization to Improve Application Security by Chris Hegarty on March 2, 2021
Reducing MD5 (and SHA) overheads by Claes Redestad on February 14, 2021
JEP proposed to target JDK 17: 356: Enhanced Pseudo-Random Number Generators by Mark Reinhold on January 29, 2021
Investigating MD5 overheads by Claes Redestad on January 4, 2021

2020

Oracle JRE and JDK Cryptographic Roadmap by Aurelio García-Ribeyro on December 18, 2020
Oracle JRE and JDK Cryptographic Roadmap by Aurelio García-Ribeyro on November 16, 2020
JDK 15 Security Enhancements by Sean Mullan on October 13, 2020
Oracle JRE and JDK Cryptographic Roadmap by Aurelio García-Ribeyro on October 9, 2020
Keeping Your Java Applications Secure - Cryptographic Improvements and Best Practices by Sean Mullan, Chris Ries on September 17, 2020
SHA-3 based digital signatures support by Valerie Peng on August 18, 2020
Record Serialization by Chris Hegarty, Alex Buckley on July 20, 2020
JDK 14 Security Enhancements by Sean Mullan on March 19, 2020

2019

Why We Hate Java Serialization by Brian Goetz, Stuart Marks on November 7, 2019
What’s New in Java Security? by Brad Wetmore on September 19, 2019
JDK 13 Security Enhancements by Sean Mullan on August 5, 2019
JDK 12 Security Enhancements by Sean Mullan on March 19, 2019
Oracle's Plan for Distrusting Symantec TLS Certificates in the JDK by Aurelio García-Ribeyro on January 25, 2019

2015

The Secret History and Tragic Fate of sun.misc.Unsafe by Mark Reinhold on August 11, 2015
Safety First by Paul Sandoz on August 11, 2015
Safety Not Guaranteed: sun.misc.Unsafe and the Quest for Safe Alternatives by Paul Sandoz on January 2, 2015