Is Java still the fastest growing technology in 2013?

Nobody can deny the huge popularity of Java as a powerful technology to build applications to target different web browsers, operating systems and devices. But the popularity of the technology was recently affected due to certain bugs that were misused by malicious people to carry out identity thefts and other crimes. Despite Oracle releasing a security update of Java software for web browsers, software developers and researchers are still skeptical about its effectiveness in providing adequate protection to computers from these attack.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has already warned users not to run Java in their web browsers, unless it is absolutely necessary. According to Reuters.com,