Department of Homeland Security Advises Not Using Java

The Department of Homeland Defense has issued a warning to all users to disable Java in the browser. You can look in your browser's settings for "Java" and disable it there.

US Department of Homeland Security advises disabling Java following fresh zero-day vulnerability…
http://www.theverge.com/2013/1/12/3867332/department-of-homeland-security-disable-java