Facebook has added Kaspersky to a list of anti-malware companies chipping in to keep malicious activity off the social network.
Facebook is an excellent tool for keeping in touch with friends worldwide. However, a content-sharing network with billions of users is a tempting
target for threat actors -- and malicious adverts, phishing campaigns and scams run rife. From 'bargain' designer sale advertisements to malicious links punted across messaging, phishing campaigns in particular take many forms and guises across the network in order to lure victims to part with sensitive information and infect their machines with malware.
Cybercrime can be lucrative and the number of threats rises every year. Keeping users safe, therefore, requires the expertise of antivirus and anti-malware companies, and so Facebook has been working with companies including ESET, F-Secure and Trend Micro over the past year to tackle the problem.
