Kit has grown in popularity because of reputation for quickly adding exploit code for new vulnerabilities
By turning off Java by default, Apple is making customers choose whether to take the risk in using the troubled browser software
Others says negative of making exploit public outweigh positive of patch because as many as a third of Java users do not patch regularly
Techniques on rise include using short-term domains in drive-by attacks
Businesses that need to run Java advised to use a white list that prevents employees from visiting anything but trusted sites
Spyware able to record Skype and other voice over IP communications, log keystrokes and turn on a computer's webcam and microphone
Efforts to mature into a more enterprise-ready service take a hit
A Microsoft security researcher says malware makers seek 'economies of scale'
