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McAfee Celebrates 10th Anniversary
Chris Crum
Staff Writer
2005-12-19
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McAfee celebrated the tenth anniversary of McAfee AVERT Labs today after a decade of protection against threats on the Internet.
There's no telling how many computers and dollars the company has saved in that amount of time, and McAfee is very proud of its work. According to the company,
In the ten years since McAfee AVERT Labs was established, the research laboratory has grown from a small team at McAfee headquarters in Santa Clara, Amsterdam, Paris and Sydney, to a globally distributed team with researchers and engineers in 20 cities, on five continents and in fourteen countries -- 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year.
McAfee AVERT Labs' experience and expertise was directly responsible for its discovery of two of the world's most high profile outbreaks -- 'Melissa' in 1999 and 'MyDoom' in 2004. Jimmy Kuo, McAfee research fellow, not only named Melissa, but was instrumental in bringing the virus writer hunt to an end. Jimmy Kuo received a Fed 100 Award for his participation in and around the virus outbreak. He teamed with the government to successfully inform agencies about the threat and reduce the damage from the Melissa Virus. According to Computer Economics, the financial impact of Melissa in 1999 was estimated at 1.50 billion USD.
McAfee provided an outlook for Internet security threats for the next year. Check out their press release here to read it. Mobile threats, phishing scams, and identity theft are expected to rise.
About the Author:
Chris Crum is a staff writer for SecurityProNews and WebProNews.
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