U.S. Cyber Command created

Last week Defense Secretary Robert Gates established the creation of a new cyber command.   The command is set to begin operating this October and be fully operational around the same time in 2010.   There are still a lot of questions as to what roles/missions the command will take on along with how it will fit into the larger already present cyber security infrastructure of other agencies and branches.

For more information you can check out the following:

• US creates military command for cyber battlefield
• U.S. Cyber Command: 404 Error, Mission Not (Yet) Found

Twitter: 40% Retention Rate Among New Users

According to a study done by Nielsen Online research, 60% of new Twitter users stop using the service after a month.  To put this in perspective a rep from Nielsen said that MySpace and Facebook had retention rates of about 80 percent when they started to become popular.

Only time will tell how Twitter will develop and if it will prosper.

For more information take a look at the following:
Twitter users not sticking around: Nielsen – Australian IT
Twitter: Revolutionary social platform, or simply a fad? – Tampa Bay Business Journal

How a Buffer Overflow Works

If you ever wanted to know how a buffer overflow works, Wired recently posted an an easy to understand, interactive explanation.

In honor of April 1 — Conficker Day — Threat Level offers this kid-friendly interactive explanation of how a simple buffer overflow attack operates.

Conficker: How a Buffer Overflow Works