Twitter Threats

Here is a link for the article used in my last blog:  http://news.cnet.com/8301-19413_3-20086081-240/regulation-automation-and-cloud-computing/

Link to this blog:http://news.cnet.com/8301-13506_3-20086316-17/security-firm-warns-of-new-twitter-threat/



That twitter post is tricking people and leading them to sites filled with viruses and malware.  The poeple who buy in to the scam can lose money if they give too much personal information. Tweets are being sent out offering single mothers and teens to make thousands of dollars each day. People are apparently clicking on these tweets.A study found that only 43% of accounts on twitter were legitimate, while 57% were questionable.
Twitter is becoming a pretty powerful form of communication and people are using it for negative purposes and scamming people. Just like computer pop-ups people need to be very wary of hat they click on and never give personal information to an un-secure source.

Regulation, Automation, and Cloud Computing

This article touched upon how as automation becomes quicker it leaves less of a chance to react manually to situations that may cause a crisis. This lead the author to ponder cloud automation and how it can be leag and compliant with regulations. He is not sure how the conastant changing of and configurations of applications isnt breaking laws and regulations. Laws and regulations also change on a daily basis so it is nearly impossible for programmers to know which laws apply to which systems at any given time. He is not sure how this will affect cloud computing. The triggering automated triggering form one vendor in the cloud to another could also break regulations. He feels thta individuals can help limit laws being broken, but as a system it is much more complex. System thinking can help deal with IT compliance because it involves viewing problms of an overall system and fising them that way instead of one at a time.
The article was a little confusing, but the gist of it is that technology is moving faster the the regulations and laws governing it are.