http://www.redherring.com/Article.aspx?a=19959&hed=Hackers+'Salivating'+for+Vista
"Microsoft's long-awaited Windows Vista release Thursday for business customers will get more than just the passing attention of network administrators. That's because hackers will be eagerly waiting to do what hackers do best: start some mischief."
Source: /.
And according to Sophos: Sophos, a world leader in IT security, has revealed the most prevalent malware threats and hoaxes causing problems for computer users around the world during November 2006.
The figures, compiled from Sophos's global network of monitoring stations, show that the W32/Stratio-Zip worm has overtaken W32/Netsky-P as the most widely circulated piece of malware, accounting for one third of the total number of reports.
Sophos experts note that on the launch date of Microsoft's Windows Vista operating system, three of the top ten - including Stratio-Zip - are capable of bypassing the operating system's security defences and infecting users' PCs. The Vista-resistant malware - W32/Stratio-Zip, W32/Netsky-P and W32/MyDoom-O - comprise 39.7% of all malware currently circulating.
The top ten list of malware in November 2006 reads as follows: #10 - W32/Zafi-D (Worm), #9 - W32/Sality-AA (Virus), #8 - W32/Mytob-C (Worm), #6 - W32/MyDoom-O (Worm), tied with #6 - W32/Nyxem-D (Worm), #5 - W32/Netsky-D (Worm), #4 - W32/Zafi-B (Worm), #3 - W32/Bagele-Zip (Worm), #2 - W32/Netsky-P (Worm), #1 - W32/Stratio-Zip (Worm).
