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According to researchers at Kapersky Lab, more than 25,000 types of malware have been tracked spreading through social networks this year, and they expect the number could exceed 100,000 by the end of 2009.

Rather than targeting technical vulnerabilities, most now focus on social engineering techniques to collect personal data using social media like Twitter and Facebook. In many cases, they pass a malicious link to bogus websites to force-download malware or harvest account information. Often the power of small bits of information is greatly underestimated, and these parts add up to give criminals complete access to a network.

It is important not to follow any URL you don’t recognize (and a good habit with any link, even if it seems harmless) is to check the properties and copy/paste the safe link into a fresh browser window.

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