December retrospective.
Major events
- SQL Slammer (January).
- Blaster, Welchia, Sobig.F (August).
- Windows Server 2003 (April).
- Continued spam and phishing growth.
- My own career transition.
Predictions scoring
From the January list: mostly accurate. Threat-side was high (5 major worms vs predicted moderate level); defensive-side approximately right.
More in the next post.