It s been nearly two months since Oracle patched the CVE-2012-1723 Java vulnerability, a serious remote pre-authentication flaw. The issue is in the optimization performed when a field inside the class is accessed. Researchers compiled statistics that show the volume of malware targeting the Java flaw really took off around July 10, and, with some peaks and valleys in the interim, is still quite high now. An oddity with this vulnerability is that attackers don t have the ability to disguise what they re doing with their exploits.
Source: https://threatpost.com/volume-malware-targeting-java-cve-2012-1723-flaw-spikes-080312/76878/