Tag Archives: Social Networks

Trust to spammers is like blood to a tick. If a spammer can get a target to trust them, then they’re 90 percent home in completing their manipulative mission. That’s why spammers have increased their activity on social networks. A …

The end user is the weakest link in the security chain, and as new generations enter the workforce the awareness of security risks decreases. A study by security researchers has found that only 14% of Generation Y (adults aged 18-24) …

The Messaging Anti-Abuse Working Group (MAAWG) has released new figures that put the average volume of email spam on the internet at 90%, peaking as high as 94.2% in recent years. Jerry Upton, MAAWG Executive Director said “We’ve been sitting …

Money and large sucker pools attracted increased  attention by Black Hats this year and will continue to do so in the next, according to Cisco Systems’ 2009 Annual Security Report released this week by the company. When the infamous bandit …

As social networks like Facebook, MySpace and Linked-in have gained popularity among Web surfers, they’ve also attracted the attention of the Internet underworld. That’s because the likelihood of infecting a computer with malware distributed through a SocNet is much better …

We can all agree that spam is a huge problem for anyone who is making use of the internet.  But spam itself is not the actual risk we need to focus on. The real risks are the objectives that spammers …