Sophos: 600,000+ compromised account logins every day on Facebook
Sophos has revealed that 0.06% of the billion logins that they have each day are compromised. That's more than 600,000 per day i.e. one in every 140 milliseconds. The statistic was revealed in an info graphic published alongside an official Facebook blog post trumpeting new security features introduced by the firm. The new security features include Trusted friends (called "Guardian angels" in the infographic).
Facebook stated, "one will be able to nominate three to five "trusted" friends who can help you if you have a problem accessing your account - if, for instance, someone else has changed its password and locked you out of your email account. The idea is that if you need to login to Facebook but can't access your email account, Facebook will send codes to your friends that they can pass on to you."
Graham Cluley, Senior Technology Consultant, Sophos said "None of your friends on their own has enough information to access your account, as they are only sent a single code. But, of course, if your "trusted" friends turned out to be untrustworthy and banded together they would - between them - be able to access your account. So you best be sure that you keep a close eye on which your trusted friends are, and be pretty confident that they are taking their own computer security seriously. Another thought occurs to me - if a bad guy has taken over your Facebook and email account, isn't it likely that he will also change who your trusted friends are at the same time? Wouldn't that make the whole security measure kind of pointless?"
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