Social Networking sites top security target
Social networking sites are likely to become an increasingly attractive target for fraudsters, experts have warned.
The turn of the new year is expected to see the popularity of social networking sites such as MySpace and Facebook continue.
However, IT security analysts say the proliferation of personal details and the availability of information on people’s date of birth, interests and phone numbers could be a way in for unscrupulous hackers.
ScanSafe has forecast that 2008 will see Web 2.0 threats top the list of the biggest security worries.
“The explosion in popularity of Web 2.0 applications has made Web 2.0 sites an increasingly rich target for cyber criminals,” the firm declared in its evaluation of the coming year.
Mary Landesman, senior security researcher at the firm, told the BBC the nature of the medium meant it could be targeted.
“The technologies that play there and the third party add-ons make it an environment that is susceptible to compromise,” she explained.
Cybercrime is said to be an industry worth more than $100 billion a year.
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