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Webroot, which provides Internet security services for consumers and enterprises, has released its third annual report on cybercrime and user behavior on social networking sites. Between 3 and 8 June 2011, Webroot, under the auspices of the online survey of Internet users in the United States, Britain and Australia.
The report is based on a total of 3.949 respondents, all of whom spend at least one hour a day on the Internet – outside work or school – and have a profile on a social network.
Webroot, hypocritical, and found that malware, targeted at social network services are still running rampant, but also that users of social networks are increasingly making efforts to reduce their risk of infection. Said Jacques Erasmus, Webroot threat expert:
"Over the last nine months, our network intelligence threat detected more than 4000 version of Koobface virus hits users of social network. Cybercriminals continue to target social networks because they can quickly gain access to a large number of victims.
"But our results show that people are aware of this, and they are now savvier on the protection of their devices and personal information they share online.
Year after year, Webroot found that the number of social networkers, who experienced Koobface and other social network attacks in the United States increased from 8 per cent in 2009 to 18 per cent in 2011. In the UK the number of users of social network based attacks jumped from 6% in 2009 to 15% in 2011.
In General, users of social networks seems to be more cautious when it comes to data protection and confidentiality, most likely because of the constant attention in the press throughout the world concerning the impact of the confidentiality of exchanges of personal data via social media.
Between 2009 and 2011 Webroot said, many of us social network users who have never seen or change their privacy settings fell from 37% in 2009 to 8 per cent in 2011. In the United Kingdom share fell from 31 per cent in 2009 to 9% in 2011.
In addition to the assessment of trends, year after year, Webroot investigation of new habits and behaviour, surfacing among today's increasingly social network users. According to the company 54% of respondents felt "a certain level of drug abuse" their social network of choice.
I doubt that "addiction" is the correct term to use here-Webroot said 46 percent of respondents go to their favorite social network, multiple times per day or ever, but there is a huge difference between "several times a day" and "ever". In addition, where to start, and when this becomes a problem?
To conclude: Webroot also asked respondents whether they think Mark Zuckerberg is responsible for the security of their personal information on Facebook. 13 per cent of the respondents really think so, while 73 per cent take personal responsibility for the safety of their own data.
Related: Zuckerberg on privacy, WikiLeaks and more [video]
Webroot is the leading provider of Internet security to consumers and businesses around the world. Founded in 1997, Webroot, headquartered in Colorado and is the largest private Internet security ...
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