1 – New Blue Screen of Death on Vista and Windows 7.

2 – Microsoft to issue 5 critical updates but none will cover the IIS issue.

3 – Researchers find a new way to attack the cloud.

4 – Sen. John Rockefeller (D-W.Va.) is at it again with the “Cybersecurity Act of 2009″.

1 – Security Pros of Twitter – Interview with @Jack_Daniel.

2 – Skype Spy Trojan found in the wild.

3 – Unpatched flaw could take down Microsoft’s IIS Server.

4 – Cloud Security: Time to Smoke Another One.

Here are some of today’s interesting InfoSec postings.

Patch Tuesday

1 – Microsoft Security Bulletin for August 11th

The Twitter DDOS continues to raise security issues.

2 – Twitter breach revives cloud security fears

“Yes Virginia there is a Mac virus.”

3 – Mac Users Should Avoid MacCinema Installer

1 – DOD to review use of social-media technology – Federal Computer Week

2 – Hackers Target House.gov Sites – Washington Post

3 – Weaponizing Apple’s iPod Touch – InformationWeek

There are differing views on Cloud Computing and how it will change the IT landscape as well as its affect on Security. I approach Security from a Risk Management stand point, which is much easier for the C-suite to understand. This brief article addresses the ideas behind Cloud Computing and how compaines may use Risk Management to address their use of the cloud.

4 – Cloud Changes Cost of Attacks – DevCentral

That is it for the first InfoSec Compendium.

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