The new year is coming with new threats for social media users.Yes, the fight between good and evil will continue and the latest anticipated target of cyber criminals is going to be social networking sites, such as, Facebook and Twitter,
Mcafee Labs in California has been busy tightening up their acts for the new level of threats. “The explosion of applications on Facebook and other services will be an ideal vector for cybercriminals, who will take advantage of friends trusting friends to click links they might otherwise treat cautiously,” McAfee said.
One of the major factors to stop these crimes is an upgrading of laws against these crimes all over the word. McAfee believes that the effectiveness of law enforcements agencies in various parts of the world will be a key factor worldwide.
Social networking sites are under the scanner because its much easier to pass malicious software around faking it as a friend request, which you’re much likely to accept and activate. The ever increasing number of mobile apps is another issue that might make it easier for hackers to tap into weak coding of some of the applications being designed open-source.