3 Habits of Social Media Users are Dangerous

According to Symantec's Product Marketing Manager for South Asia, Philip Routley, today the majority of cybercrime is initiated through the action method that utilizes social media facilities. This is done by cyber criminals because they realize that the user is very 'royal' indulgence in personal information via social media. 

"There's something wrong with the way we treat social media. Most of us look at social media as a savings bank that can store a variety of data and information essential personal property safely.'s Clearly wrong," said Philip. 

Even so, Philip admitted that it had already become a habit that is hard to change. Therefore, he explained that there are three habits that should be avoided by the owners of social media accounts so that data and personal information can be kept safely. 

The third habit is to dihidari: 

According to data contained in the Norton Report 2013, forgot to log-out habit is a major trigger for follow-cybercrime through social media with a percentage rate of 39%. 

It is clearly dangerous because it is tantamount to giving your bank account PIN number. If the PIN bank account filled with money, social media account passwords containing privacy that is equally valuable. 

It could be that other social media accounts is a supplier of a virus or malware is very dangerous. Such accounts generally often post something interesting, so you will try to open a link that was posted about. Though those posts in the form of a virus or malware.