Social Networks Hype Cycle (Photo credit: fredcavazza)
Social Network is Culprit!
I remember some very interesting Facebook, Twitter, and other social media sites used in the past to get people to click on an infected link. This is one of the oldest techniques. The virus post something on your twitter account or your Facebook account about something really interesting. Even if you trust your friend, sometimes the friend or twitter account that you know aren’t really in control of what they post. This is the first line of trust that the virus makers use to spread their viruses until other computers and systems. You should never click any link unless you know where it is going. Although this is becoming less and less troublesome, I am sure it isn’t going away but just biding it’s time to come out and strike another day.
