[LINK] Symantec admits its Mac OS X spyware prediction was wrong

[Kim Holburn]

I guess this would apply to linux as well.

http://www.zdnet.com.au/blogs/securifythis/soa/ 
Symantec_s_OS_X_spyware_prediction_in_flames/ 
0,139033343,339271367,00.htm

> Symantec's OS X spyware prediction in flames
>
> By Munir Kotadia, ZDNet Australia
> 28 September 2006 05:46 PM
>
> Symantec published its 10th Internet Threat Report this week and  
> quietly admitted a few days later that its predictions of  
> increasing Mac-targeted spyware threats have not been realised.
>
> Unsurprisingly, Symantec didn't make any mention of its inaccurate  
> prediction in the latest report, so I thought I would ask about the  
> omission.
>
> It seems Mac spyware was not mentioned this time around because  
> there were no new dangerous Mac-related threats in the first six  
> months of the year.
>
> "Symantec didn't include the top 10 attackers or the top 10  
> malicious codes for this report. What they chose to do instead was  
> to focus on the top 10 new attacks with malicious code and there  
> were no threats that registered in the top 10 category that  
> pertained to Mac OS X," according to a Symantec spokesperson.
>
> "[Symantec] just focused on new attacks and Mac OS X wasn't [the  
> target] of any of them," the spokesperson said.


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