McAfee Inc. has jazzed up its Web site with a new online portal designed to help users research a wide range of security problems, free of charge. Called the McAfee Threat Center, the portal was launched this month as part of a redesign of the McAfee.com Web site.
A variety of worms that exploit a Windows vulnerability disclosed last week are hitting many systems worldwide, reportedly including some at cable network Cable News Network LP LLLP (CNN), and could reach critical mass in the next several hours, according to antivirus vendor Trend Micro Inc.
Although these are hard times for many in the IT industry, the status of information security professionals is on the rise - at least based on how much they're getting paid.
IT professionals and trainers in the United States are blaming insufficient security training offered under the nationwide Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer program for contributing to the spread of Code Red and other damaging viruses.