From a security threat standpoint, Facebook users do not take the appropriate steps to fend off various security challenges can cause their computers vulnerable to all sort of problems. In tandem of the declaration of “National Cybersecurity Awareness Month” by The White House, the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3), which is a partnership between the FBI and the National White Collar Crime Center, has highlighted certain tips in order to practice safe online social networking.

On the statement, IC3 provided some tips to mitigate the social networking problems such as adjust Web site privacy settings, be selective of your friends, or disable options and then open them one by one such as texting and photo sharing, capabilities, and etc.

In addition, IC3 said cyber criminals are also using spam to promote phishing sites, claiming a violation of terms of service or some other issues which need to be resolved. Other spam attempts are in the forms of getting users to download an application or view a video.

Meanwhile, there have been nearly 3,200 reports of account hijackings since 2006, according to a FBI press release.

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