Trust eroding as social engineering attacks climb in 2009, says Kaspersky expert
Search Security, By Rob Westervelt
Threats to social networking websites continue to climb at an alarming rate, according to researchers at Kaspersky Lab. So far, more than 25,000 malware samples have been tracked by Kaspersky spreading through social networks and researchers estimate that the number could exceed 100,000 by the end of 2009.
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