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IT professionals worried about info-sharing on social networks

New research into social networking shows that businesses are worried about having their internet security compromised as a result of employees sharing too much information on the forums.

One in four companies say they have been attacked with spam, phishing or malware through social networks such as Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and MySpace, according to the research by online security firm Sophos.

The research found that 63 per cent of network administrators are worried employees are putting out too much data on the sites, which poses a threat to their corporate infrastructure and the data contained therein.

"As cybercriminals choose to exploit these sites for nefarious purposes, both innocent users and companies are finding themselves in the firing line," explained senior technology consultant Graham Cluley.

"But until users wise up to the dangers and firms begin to take precautionary measures to combat these threats, then the situation will intensify."

One of the recent high profile victims of the sites is former British prime minister Tony Blair, whose Faith Foundation page on Facebook was hacked into and had abusive messages posted on it.

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