Facebook Tops Security Risk List

[Osiris]

Facebook Tops Security Risk List

A new report says that spam and malware on social networks was way up in 2009. Now that I think about it, it does seem like there is some sort of exploit, spam or malware problem on Facebook or Twitter every week (if not more).

A report published today by IT security firm Sophos said that spam and malware on social networks sites are on the rise, with 57 percent of users reporting that they have been spammed on social networking sites, an increase of nearly 71 percent from a year ago. Likewise, 36 percent said they have been sent malware via social networking, up nearly 70 percent from the previous year.
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[yzmxer608]

That's kind of random for this thread haha.

I've been sent spam before, I just barely use Facebook or Myspace so I don't notice it anymore (don't really even know how to use FB, just use Myspace now to listen to my playlist ).

 

[S0ULphIRE]

Hardly surprising, given the amount of non-technical people that use the site. They post up every detail about their lives, have 6 letter passwords which they never change, etc. etc etc.

It's a playground for viruses, malware and hackers.

 

[yzmxer608]

My post must have been moved from somewhere else, I don't remember posting here .