Yada, yada, [security], yada, yada


It's that time of the month again and no firmer proof of that is needed than this Techworld article, which regurgitates the hook, line and sinker of a Symantec "security study." As you might expect, users of the fairer platform are deluded, living on borrowed time:

It is now clear that the Mac OS is increasingly becoming a target for the malicious activity, contrary to popular belief that the Mac OS is immune to traditional security concerns.

Of course, there isn't a single real-world, in-the-wild threat to OS X. Not a single one has been found. This of course doesn't preclude one from appearing some time in the not-too-distant future. Not today, though.

Nevertheless, this utter paucity of flesh-n-blood malware hasn't inhibited security analysts (with or without irony) from pronouncing imminent doom again and again.