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Web apps are not exactly secure. IBM tracks 9 billion events per day. They see 150 million intrusion attempts on a daily basis.

Of the vulnerabilities they see, 49% come from web apps. Of the 49%, about 67% of those vulnerabilities never get patched.

So, what happens when the physical world is controlled by networks that connect with on-premise and cloud environments?

Researchers from the University of Toronto have discovered an online spying operation that has infiltrated in excess of 1,200 computers in over 100 countries according to a report today in The New York Times.

Dubbed GhostNet, the operation is notable. Not only can it phish for information, it has remote access capabilities that can quickly and easily turn any computer into a giant listening device.

Conficker a.k.a. Downadup, is causing global concern as we move closer to D-Day; April 1st, when the latest version of the worm, Conficker.C is due to be activated.

While some news outlets are causing panic with their fear mongering, others are downplaying the upcoming event, and the net effect of course is FUD. But according to security experts, the bottom line is if you're not infected now, you don't have anything to fear come April Fools Day. If you're interested in knowing more about Conficker and how to search for and destroy it, take a look at the seven resources below.

In a recent paper about social privacy Google researchers caution that the expansion of the social Web and our growing involvement with it is compromising our privacy while offering the false sense of security that we act in the privacy of our own social circle.