Vincent Weafer's blog

As 2009 came to a close, we at Symantec looked into our crystal ball and made a few predictions regarding what online security trends we expected to see in 2010. Now that we’re halfway through the year, we’re taking a look back and evaluating ourselves based on how our forecasts are panning out thus far.

As we approach April Fool’s Day 2010, we recognize the one-year anniversary of the Downadup/Conficker threat’s April 1, 2009, “trigger” date. A year ago, the security industry monitored Downadup/Conficker activities to be fortified against the criminal or criminals behind the threat’s next move.