Cyberoam reports 70% of Spam Attacks are on Yahoo, FB and Gmail Accounts
Cyberoam has announced a special feature of October 2011 Internet threats trend report, prepared in collaboration with Commtouch. The report has revealed that 70% spam attacks were launched on Yahoo (27%), Facebook (23%) and Gmail (19%). The fact highlights that the user of these mail accounts is prone to more attacks.
Abhilash Sonwane, Sr. Vice-President, Product Management, Cyberoam, said, "Trust is a major factor behind spammers switching tactics to email and social media. Most of us will click on a malware link, if it comes from a close friend on Facebook. The use of these attacks for spam and scams are expected to increase in future. Users must take basic precautions when they access these in public domains as well as observing sound password management."
Cyberoam recommends account-owners to consider using a password manager that stores all passwords, generates new ones and sync them between their PCs, laptops, smartphones and tablets. It is also wise to uncheck the "remember me" box when you log into your email or Facebook and not to follow links in Facebook that accompany some hysterical or generic text such as "check this out!" or scoop such as "Osama Bin Laden death video".
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