The good news is that the CVE-2012-0507 vulnerability will have been patched by many users in the aftermath of Flashback's publicity spike; the bad news is that vulnerability is recent enough that some won't have patched it at all.

The determination to hit Mac users using cross-platform exploits can probably be traced back to , the first time malware writers had set out to attack Macs using the same design they'd use to hit Windows.

For Mac users who don't want to stop using Java (some will find it inconvenient to do so), the price will be more such attacks. Java has been spotted as a Mac weakness, partly because it isn't currently patched quickly by Apple and partly because its users leave their computers unprotected.

Expect more attacks targeting the current crop of flaws as well as future ones.