Talk about security in the context of social networks and many people will think first of privacy - perhaps citing Facebook's convoluted and controversial approach to this important issue as an example. But the risks run deeper than that. Security firm AVG reports that it has identified 11,701 compromised Facebook pages and 7,163 compromised YouTube pages.
AVG note that students between 18 and 25 years old are most at risk of having their Facebook status 'jacked'; this particular age group is the biggest user of Facebook whilst at the same time being significantly less concerned about Internet security and privacy than the average member of the population.
Something to think about the next time you log on?
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