Facebook poses malware danger, report says

September 18th, 2010, 12:00 pm
Jan Norman, small-business columnist

Facebook is the top source of malware infections among social media sites, according to a new survey by Panda Security, a provider of web based computer security products.

In a survey of 315 U.S. companies with 15 to 1,000 employees, found that 33% have had malware or virus infections on company computers from employee use of social networks and 35% of those suffered some financial loss from the problem. Here are the problems that surveyed companies reported (click on chart for a larger view):

“Social media is now ubiquitous among small to mid-sized businesses because of its many obvious business benefits, yet these tools don’t come without serious risks,â€