Right on the heels of the Crisis and NetWeirdRC backdoors, another Java exploit appeared a few days ago, targeting the latest Java (7 v1.7). Because Apple has been running behind with Java updates even before leaving them to Oracle (home of Java) altogether, most Macs are still running Java 6 v1.6, which is not (yet) affected by this malware. MacWorld's Rich Mogul summarized this latest Java exploit, and lists the salient details for the Mac user.
