HackingFederal Agents Urged to ‘Friend’ People on Social Networks, Memo RevealsA privacy watchdog has uncovered a government memo that encourages federal agents to befriend people on a variety of social networks, to take advantage of their readiness to share — and to spy on them.  UK Report Exposes Poor WiFi ISP Security and Potential for Illegal P2P AbuseSecurity experts at CPP, a life assistance company, have conducted an “ethical hacking” experiment across six UK cities and found that almost 40,000 private home Wi-Fi networks lacked adequate protection and nearly a quarter had no password whatsoever. Software [In]security: How to p0wn a Control System with StuxnetAlthough its exact origins are unknown, the Stuxnet worm may prove to be a subtle offensive weapon. Gary McGraw, security expert and author of Software Security: Building Security In, describes the Stuxnet worm and explains some of its potentially dangerous implications.Although its exact origins are unknown, the Stuxnet worm may prove to be a subtle offensive weapon. Gary McGraw, security expert and author of Software Security: Building Security In, describes the Stuxnet worm and explains some of its potentially dangerous implications. Facebook is up after glitchy afternoonA technical glitch blocked or slowed access to Facebook for several hours Thursday, unplugging many of the social-networking site’s 500 million users from the constant flow of updates from their friends. A 17-Year Old Caused Huge Twitter MessWhile the teen didn’t directly bring the flood of spam and porn retweets, he burst open the dam. Twitter Mouseover Security Flaw Affecting Thousands of Users [WARNING]A new Twitter security flaw has been widely exploited on thousands of Twitter accounts, redirecting users to third-party websites without their consent. Hackers accidentally give Microsoft their codeWhen hackers crash their systems while developing viruses, the code is often sent directly to Microsoft. Pentagon computers attacked with flash driveA foreign spy agency pulled off the most serious breach of Pentagon computer networks ever by inserting a flash drive into a U.S. military laptop, a top defense official said Wednesday. Social networking sites pose real threat to your privacyMany of the people who “friended” the false profiles were military and DOD personnel. U.S. aims to detect cyber infrastructure attacksThe U.S. government is launching a program nicknamed “Perfect Citizen” to detect cyber assaults on private U.S. companies and government agencies running critical infrastructure, the Wall Street Journal said in its online edition.
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