#NSA & #GCHQ Target #Tor Anonymity Network

from theguardian.com: The National Security Agency has made repeated attempts to develop attacks against people using Tor, a popular tool designed to protect online anonymity, despite the fact the software is primarily funded and promoted by the US government itself. Top-secret NSA documents, disclosed by whistleblower Edward Snowden, reveal that the agency's current successes against Tor rely on identifying users and then attacking vulnerable software on their computers. One technique developed by the agency targeted the Firefox web browser used with Tor, giving the agency full control over targets' computers, including access to files, all keystrokes and all online activity.

#Twitter Advertisers Say Service Needs More Users

from wsj.com: For some advertisers, 218 million people isn't a big enough audience. That's their message to Twitter Inc., which Thursday detailed plans for an initial public offering. Ad buyers say that the short-message service will need significantly more users, and a bigger sales force, to win more spending from their mass-market clients. "Scale still matters," says Adam Shlachter, senior vice president of media at DigitasLBi, a digital-ad firm owned by Publicis Groupe SA. "How consumers embrace [Twitter] and tap into it or tune in or out is going to be critical."

How the #Adobe hack could fuel next wave of #cyberattacks

from usatoday.com: Adobe has taken several steps to calm concerns among its corporate users about the loss of customer account data and critical source code to hackers. The company has begun advising enterprise customers that Adobe product users will be required to change their account password at their next login attempt... Meanwhile, corporations would be wise to brace for a fresh wave cybercriminal activity that is likely to spin out of the Adobe breach, security experts say.

Comet #ISON: Will the Government Shutdown Ruin #NASA's Big Chance?

from policymic.com: On October 1, the comet ISON will pass near Mars, where monitoring equipment can gain more information on what could be the comet of the century. As long as the coincidental government shutdown causing the furlough of nearly the entire workforce of NASA doesn't interrupt these observations, that is.