Are/Could conflation

A recent article from Wired News about OS X's security entitled "Mac Attacks Are on the Rise" mentions that "Attacks on Apple's OS X operating system... are on the rise..." (emphasis added)
But then, we only get some weak comments to back it up:

"Apple's recent introduction of the Mac mini... could actually increase the likelihood of more malicious software computer code targeting the Mac platform..."

and

"the number of vulnerabilities can be expected to increase"

Of course Wired says all the right stuff so that they can pass the buck to Symantec, the company that released the report... So it is a pretty poor showing by Wired, but an even worse showing by Symantec, who I wouldn't trust to secure my computer over Microsoft... (and if you don't know how bad an insult that is, you probably shouldn't be reading this post ;-) )