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07:14 30th July 2010
Users of social media networks should treat security on those sites with the same attitude towards safeguarding their email accounts, according to Rik Ferguson, senior security advisor at internet content security company Trend Micro.
"Hopefully people are moving more towards that 'trust nobody' point of view, which is pretty much where we've ended up with email," Mr Ferguson said.
His views followed a report by networking provider Cisco, which said social networks remain a target for cybercriminals, with an increasing number of attacks initiated via the medium.
Mr Ferguson recognised, however, that social network users' attitudes are starting to change with many now only making friends with those they already know and limiting access to their profiles.
Users are also becoming more aware of their online identity being "worth money to criminals," Mr Ferguson explained. The expert added that hackers would often steal someone's identity on a networking site and scam money out of their friends without them being aware they are being conned.
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