Sophos report reveals increase in social networking security threats

Sophos has today published its annual Security Threat Report, looking back at the last twelve months and ahead to the threats we can expect to encounter during 2011.

Inside you’ll find a wide variety of threats discussed including:

• Social networking threats
• Fake anti-virus
• Stuxnet
• SEO poisoning
• Data loss and encryption
• Web threats
• Email threats
• Spam
• Malware trends
• Windows 7
• Apple Macs
• Mobile devices and smartphones
• Cybercrime…

Read more in my article on the Naked Security website.

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Graham Cluley is a veteran of the cybersecurity industry, having worked for a number of security companies since the early 1990s when he wrote the first ever version of Dr Solomon's Anti-Virus Toolkit for Windows. Now an independent analyst, he regularly makes media appearances and is an international public speaker on the topic of cybersecurity, hackers, and online privacy. Follow him on Twitter, Mastodon, Threads, Bluesky, or drop him an email.