ESET, a security solution provider for viruses and malicious software, has released its cyber-threat report for 2011. Social media will be a focus for social engineering attacks such as those already commonly experienced by users of Facebook and Google. Social engineering attacks’ main purpose will be to steal data, also known as ‘phishing’ Facebook presents a particular danger because it could continue to ask its users to assume more responsibility for protecting their own data. Botnets will continue to be a major problem, but smaller low-profile botnets pose at least as big a threat as larger botnets.
Source: https://thehackernews.com/2011/01/report-attacks-on-social-media-to-rise.html