Oracle will have to fight a war of attrition to keep Java secure, a security analyst said this week in reflecting on the latest malady affecting the standard edition of Java. While Java is again under attack, as it has been for the past year or so, Ross Barrett, senior manager of security at vendor Rapid7, is confident about Java's security for the long term: "It will just be a war of attrition. Oracle will make [Java] more secure over time."