What Consumers Should Know About Facebook and Malware, From the Head of BitDefender's Online Threats Lab

It's not the mobile device that's endangering your Facebook, it's your Facebook that's endangering your mobile device. That's the headline of a new study from security firm BitDefender that identified social media as the biggest threat for introducing malware on mobile devices. The results should be a wake-up call to all social network users so we went straight to the source to get more answers, speaking with Catalin Cosoi, head of the BitDefender Online Threats Lab. He tells us what users should know about the study and what they can do to protect themselves.

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It’s not the mobile device that’s endangering your Facebook, it’s your Facebook that’s endangering your mobile device. That’s the headline of a new study from security firm BitDefender that identified social media as the biggest threat for introducing malware on mobile devices.

The results should be a wake-up call to all social network users so we went straight to the source to get more answers, speaking with Catalin Cosoi, head of the BitDefender Online Threats Lab.

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