Most anti-virus firms have tagged the new Bagle as a medium-level threat. Symantec, for example, pegged it as a "3" in its 1 through 5 scale, while McAfee, Computer Associates, and Trend Micro bumped it up to "Medium" after its numbers climbed.
"It's not unusual for hackers to release worms very early in the morning and later in the week," said CA's Ribaudo. "That gives time for the worm to be seeded before people get to the office and start opening mail. And later in the week and on the weekend is when fewer [IT] people are around," she said.
To realize the benefits of cloud-native software, an application must actually be cloud-native—designed to run in the cloud, interacting with disaggregated cloud services, fully manageable as code—to deliver the expected benefits.
By combining resources and expertise, the AI-Enabled ICT Workforce Consortium will offer a blueprint for how industries can adapt to an AI-dominated future.
IT leaders should heed the guidance of cybersecurity insurance providers who think businesses should prioritize security education, incident preparedness, regular internal audits, and ongoing vulnerability scanning and patching.
