Security News March 8

The government takes action against phone spam

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/08/business/government-takes-legal-action-over-phone-spam.html?_r=0

And not a moment too soon

White House puts report on cyber security on hold

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/mar/7/white-house-puts-report-on-cybersecurity-on-hold/

Could this year’s FISMA report be that bad?

What to do about cyber security?

http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/what-do-about-cybersecurity_706599.html

Another opinion about our collective lack of progress at the national level

Twitter: OAuth keys leaked

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/03/08/twitter_oauth_leaked_keys/

No matter how you look at it, this isn’t good. Will Twitter stop supporting third party applications altogether as a result?

February 2013 cyber attack statistics

http://hackmageddon.com/2013/03/08/february-2013-cyber-attacks-statistics/

Worth a quick read

Seven-year Facebook study warns of silent listeners

http://itsecuritypro.co.uk/2013/03/07/seven-year-facebook-study-warns-of-silent-listeners/

A new report from Carnegie Mellon University spanning seven years has concluded that a lot of the accounts and apps on Facebook are silent listeners; it’s easy to extrapolate these results to other social media networks

Do cyber attacks result in more security products?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media-network/media-network-blog/2013/mar/07/cyber-attacks-security-malware

“Depressingly, security has to become a burning commercial issue before it's taken seriously”