Facebook and MySpace: Walking the security-social networking lin...

Courtesy ZDNET - Between the Lines  Fri, 08/08/2008 - 10:16am

Security–actually insecurity–is a very social thing. Get a cute malware infested email and forward it along to your contact list.

See a site that’s interesting–but is really just a phishing expedition–and you get hit with a virus/worm/rootkit.

Social engineering makes the security world go around. So what do you do if you’re Facebook or MySpace?

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