Business leaders worldwide are deeply concerned about security threats associated with using Web 2.0 technology. On September 27, McAfee, Inc. released a survey of over 1,000 global business decision-makers in 17 countries, which revealed that half of businesses were concerned about the security of Web 2.0 applications (including social media, micro blogging, collaborative platforms, web [...] Read →
The June 2010 issue of Consumer Reports includes the annual Consumer Reports National Research Center State of the Net survey, which is based on a January survey of 2,000 online households, projected to 82.3 million U.S. internet-using households. According to the survey, two out of three online U.S. households use social networks such as Facebook [...] Read →
A survey of 500 companies found a 70% increase in spam and malware attacks via social networking sites in 2009, according to security firm Sophos. Facebook topped the list as the perceived riskiest of the major social-networking sites, followed by MySpace, Twitter, and finally LinkedIn. The Sophos report (PDF) said that more than 50% of the [...] Read →
Security software maker AVG Technologies and the Chief Marketing Officers Council polled 250 people and found that 86% use social networks at home or at work but less than one-third were taking security precautions. Sixty-four percent said they change their passwords infrequently or never, 57% said they adjust their privacy settings infrequently or never and [...] Read →
According to a survey released today by e-mail security firm Proofpoint, 33 % of U.S. companies with more than 1,000 employees have people on staff whose primary or exclusive job is to read or otherwise analyze outgoing e-mail messages. 18 % investigated the exposure of confidential company information via video or audio posted to a [...] Read →