Another week, another Java exploit: Computerworld notes that Oracle has once again updated the Java VM for all platforms to fend off a prospective exploit. The update is technically the scheduled February critical updates release, but the delivery was pushed up.
Unfortunately, while Mac users on OS X 10.7 Lion and 10.8 Mountain Lion can upgrade their JVMs using Oracle's installer for Java 7, Snow Leopard (10.6.8) machines are out of luck. Oracle's Java 7 installer won't run, and as of yesterday Apple's supplied Java 6 is blocked by Apple's own XProtect malware shield -- it won't
