67 percent of Facebook users were spammed in 2010
A new security report indicates that a majority of those who use Facebook and social sites like it experienced spam, malware, and phishing attacks in 2010. Attacks are up dramatically in all categories.
There was once a time when spam emails were our biggest worry. No longer, says Sophos. In its annual Security Threat Report, the IT security firm found that 67 percent of those using social sites like Facebook and Twitter have been spammed at least once in 2010. Worse, 40 percent of social users were sent malware in 2010, nearly double what it was in the summer of 2009.
Phishing attacks were up as well, with more than 43 percent of users having been sent false emails or communications as hackers attempt to steal login info. Sophos polled 1,200 users of social networks to find the data. 82 percent of respondents marked that Facebook-born threats were the biggest security issue at this time.
