Social Malice: One In 60 Facebook Posts Are Malicious

This article I read in InformatioWeek looks at the social networks we use and how we feel on them. It examines how safe we feel and actually are, which networks are most likely to get hacked and the experiences we have on said networks. http://www.informationweek.com/news/security/client/231901895?cid=sem_edit_security&wc=4

     The networks it examines are Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. It says that 40% of people feel unsafe on Facebook, while 28% feel the same about Twitter and only 14% on LinkedIn. The trust that the user has with LinkedIn means it's an attractive playground for hackers. The more comfortable a user is with sharing information with the site, the more information they'll give.

    When it comes to businesses blocking social networks in the work place, 20% choose to block LinkedIn, 25% block Twitter, Google+ gets blocked by 24% and Facebook 31%. When asked what factors were most important to consider when joining a social network, users said (92%), that their friends use it (91%), privacy (90%), and ease of use (87%). Over 90% of users have received spam on a social network, and more than half have experienced phishing attacks. Over 20% received malware, 16.6% had their accounts used for spamming, ANd 13% have had their account hijacked or had their password stolen. The article also says that more than half of suers are unsatisfied with Facebooks privacy settings. 43% of Twitter accounts are  true users with real followers and regular tweets, and 57% as not true users which are either spam bots or inactive accounts.

    These facts open the readers eyes as to what information they have out there and how accessible it is.