Social Networking Sites Becoming Increasingly Unsafe
Social networking sites are becoming the next big target for malware, worms, and phishing attacks.
With the rise of Web 2.0 and more social interaction on sites like MySpace, LinkedIn and YouTube, security experts warn that we will see more hackers insert malicious code into dynamically generated Web pages in 2007.
The dangers of being on MySpace are no longer limited to sexual predators. Now you have to worry about being a victim of cybercrimes such as fraud, identity theft, spyware, viruses, and so on.
Most researchers agree that the motivation for malware development is increasingly financial.
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