Ever been spammed on a social network?

Filed Under: Malware, Podcast, Social networks, Spam

How about received a phishing message? Or sent a malicious link?

It seems occurrences of cybercrime on social networking sites like Twitter and Facebook are becoming more and more commonplace. Today, we've published some research looking into just how common it is to be hit, and how companies are trying to control access to the various Web 2.0 sites.

Ever been attacked on a social network?

Our survey quizzed over 700 security professionals - I wonder how much higher the percentages would have been if we had also asked teenagers who typically spend longer on these kinds of sites.

Learn more about social networking security risks in the press release we issued today, and listen to the following podcast for background information:


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About the author

Graham Cluley is senior technology consultant at Sophos. The readers of Computer Weekly voted him security blogger of the year in 2009 and 2010, and he pipped Stephen Fry to the title of "Twitter user of the year" too. Which was nice. He was also named "Best Security Blogger" by the readers of SC Magazine in 2011. You can subscribe to Graham's updates on Facebook, follow him on Twitter and circle him on Google Plus for regular updates.