Seems, social networking sites including Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Google + are emerging as the latest targets for hackers and spammers in India. According to Internet Security Threat Report generated by a private computer security firm, social networking sites are more and more used to launch malware attacks in the country.  

Sources informed, one of the major tricks used by hackers is urging users to click on a link to a malicious download, which in turn hijacks their account’s information. Clicking the Install button on the page will prompt the download of the malicious file.

The report further highlighted that the users feel comparatively safer to surf social networking sites compared to unknown websites. Another aspect of the report claimed that there are more tier-II cities on the list of frequently targeted areas by cyber criminals. Cities target of such attacks include Bhubaneshwar, Ahmedabad, Surat Kochi, Jaipur, Vishakhapattanam and Indore. 

Analysts believe, it is quite easy to target users via social networking sites in the presence of weak social engineering techniques and the viral nature of social networks. 

However, any spokesperson from Facebook has denied commenting on the matter. 

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