Heeding the wakeup call

[Gary Stoneburner <gary.stoneburner@nist.gov>]

re:
http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid14_gci953202,00.html

"He added: "You can't just look at each worm as a single
problem, but you have to consider the general threat posed by all of
them." For example, some users may have been lulled into a false
sense of security if they updated their signature files once on Monday.
In fact, constant updates are needed to keep up with all the new
variants."

I remember when updating the virus definition files every now and then
was just fine.  Now once a week is too infrequent :-)

"... None of the worms have proved particularly dangerous,
though.  ..."

True, yet remember, this is not due to the effectiveness of our defenses.
 It is because the malware authors chose not to be particularly
dangerous.

Cheers,
Gary

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