The rapid appearance of variants of the just-detected MiMail.C mass-mailer worm makes it clear that the timeline for IT-security response is getting ever shorter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Last week’s elevated warning levels surrounding MiMail.C, a new, fast-spreading worm, gave IT departments time to brace themselves for a new round of attacks–but only barely.<\/p>\n
The arrival of this new family of worms is not without attendant irony: MiMail.C arrived just as SoBig finally lost its spot at the top of the “Most Popular Virus” heap.<\/p>\n
MiMail may or may not achieve a similar “status,” but the time between first deployment and release of refined versions spanned just a couple of months.<\/p>\n
But those vendors–and all IT security professionals, for that matter–face an ongoing challenge of shortening the time between detection, alert announcement, and effective prevention and\/or removal tools.<\/p>\n
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