"They say there's a case opened," Waller said. "But they keep passing me around." He added: "I guarantee that if I was a Symantec Corporation they would have fixed it immediately, but because we were not, we were pushed off."

In other software patch news, Oracle released an emergency patch for versions of its Oracle Fusion Middleware and Application saying without it, .

When it comes to securing the nation's critical energy networks, the Department of Energy says much work remains. Key to that work are the engineers, network administrators, vendors and others behind the security technology -- but they will be leaving the industry in droves in the next five years, according to a Department of Energy security roadmap issued this week.

"Over the next five years, energy companies will face a critical shortage of engineers and skilled craft workers. For example, about 45% of engineers -- 7,000 in electric utilities alone -- are predicted to retire or leave for other reasons. Compounding that, two to three times more power engineers may be needed to satisfy the needs of the entire economy and future operations will require broader skill sets than those prevalent today," the report states.