The popularity of social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter have become attractive targets online criminals. To avoid losses, Facebook users are advised not to use the same password with an email account or other online accounts. The latest criminal action against social networking sites include Facebook and Twitter happens on Friday. Georgia's pro-bloggers Cyxymu become targets of DDoS attacks (distributed denial of service) and cause millions of Facebook and Twitter user access problems which slowed even offline completely.
"Although the attack was targeted at a specific person but also result in the entire community. We will never know who is behind the attacks Cyxymu, but they have access to a large bandwidth, "said chief researcher at F-Secure's Mikko Hypponen.
Communication on Facebook is a personal relationship and friendship community involving a high degree of confidence. No doubt when receiving a message from a friend on Facebook is very different from receiving spam email from a stranger.
Facebook users are reminded to be careful if there are friends who ask for financial assistance. Facebook users need to check identity before sending money, even when a message like that comes from a family member or other trusted relatives.
Sean Sullivan Security Advisor at F-Secure warned to be careful of the password. "Weak Password to provide a way for criminals to menghack social networking site. Criminals will reap a list of contacts, phone numbers, and other information that can be sold to spammers to make money, "he said.
Losses caused by the email account was hijacked even greater if the same password used for email accounts. Because it would mean a criminal master password that can be used for other online sites. [Inilahnews)
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