: Several fixes prevented attackers from taking control of systems remotely.
: A new security property, jdk.sasl.disabledMechanisms , allows administrators to disable specific SASL mechanisms to improve security. java runtime 1.8 u241
: Support was added for PKCS#11 v2.40 , which enables more modern algorithms like AES/GCM/NoPadding cipher and RSASSA-PSS signatures. : Several fixes prevented attackers from taking control
: Better handling of serial filters ( jdk.serialFilter ) was introduced to prevent insecure deserialization. 3. Expiration and Life Cycle java runtime 1.8 u241
Despite being over a decade old, Java 8 is still widely used because: