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3 reasons why criminals exploit social networks (and tips to avoid getting scammed)

The popularity and influence of social media continues to increase at lightning speed. Criminals see social media as great place to find victims. Sites have millions of users, who are sharing a lot of information, which results in an enormous repository of potential victims and data. The more information you post, the larger the dossier of information available to set the stage for a compromise- such as password cracking, identity theft, and more. The 2013 Symantec Internet Security Threat Report notes that 43 percent of attacks on social networking websites were related to malware.”]

Source: https://www.csoonline.com/article/2133563/3-reasons-why-criminals-exploit-social-networks–and-tips-to-avoid-getting-scamme.html

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