March 4, 2010 – Israeli Raid Called Off After Plan Details Posted on Facebook

A planned Israeli raid on a Palestinian village in the West Bank was called off after a soldier posted information about it on Facebook. The post included details about the time and location of the planned sweep and the name of his combat unit. Other soldiers who saw the post alerted their superiors. The soldier was sentenced to 10 days in prison and has been relieved of combat duty.

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March 4, 2010 – Microsoft Releases New Versions of Update That Caused Crashes

Microsoft has released a reworked version of the MS10-015 security update that caused problems for some users when it was released last month. If computers were infected with the Alureon rootkit, the patch caused systems to crash. The newer version of the patch checks first to see if Alureon is present on computers before it installs. The new update will be automatically pushed out to users.

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March 3, 2010 – Chertoff Says Average Users Struggle With Security

Speaking at the RSA conference in San Francisco this week, former Homeland security Secretary Michael Chertoff said that effective computer security is too complicated for average computer users. Chertoff said that not only do users need to be educated about cyber security, but there need to be "solutions that they are comfortable with." The government, the private sector and individual users all have roles to play in making changes.

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