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Facebook: A Prime Target for Cybercrime

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With more than 800 million users, Facebook is arguably the most dominant social networking platform in the world. The social network’s popularity and fast growth also make it a prime target for cybercriminals. Below, we take a look at Facebook’s online presence, how it’s being attacked, and what you can do to stay safe.

Update: We chatted with the Facebook security team this afternoon to clarify a few points in our recent blog post/infographic, and we have revised our post (below) accordingly.

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  1. Samir ON January - 12:18 am

    Cybercrime And Spamming Is Increasing On Facebook–Here Is How You Can Avoid It [INFOGRAPHIC]
    http://bit.ly/xLVsxO
    #Facebook #Virus #Security

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  2. SecurityGuardsLondon ON February - 6:09 am

    thanks for sharing this information. does all that affect me using a mac? (i like the grafic by the way)

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  3. Facebook Questions ON February - 9:45 am

    To ensure the highest security precaution I always access Facebook via its secured url of https://facebook.com

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  4. Newmarket Locksmith ON March - 6:37 am

    Social Networking Websites are on a boom. Facebook, with over 500 million users all around the globe, is the leading Social Networking Website in the whole world and it has brought about a new revolution in the World, the Communication Revolution.

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  2. The Technology Blog: Facebook A Prime Target for Cybercrime says:
    January at 9:16 am

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