Start-Ups Often Caught Off-Guard
The many flourishing startups that have been catering to the social internet are being caught off-guard by the many evolving threats that are coming out on the internet leaving them very much vulnerable leaving their users to suffer the consequences. The social internet has given birth to several companies who were only too glad to oblige to the growing need for social networking platforms, such as Twitter, Facebook, Friendster and many more, all of which taking the internet to a social level.
The threat from malware is greater than ever with people going click crazy, clicking on anything they see without heeding well publicized malware know-how and internet safety. People are advised to keep their operating systems and intrusion prevention systems up to date, to allow them to cope with the growing threats. Common sense is also called upon that if you don;t know where something came from, stay away.