The high interest in games such as Facebook and MafiaWars Farmville create a new target for cyber criminals.
Based on research conducted Cisco Security Intelligence Operations found that 7 percent of global users to access Facebook. Thus the okezone quotes through his testimony, Saturday (08/21/2010).
From Facebook users are on average 68 minutes per day to play interactive games that are popular, “Farmville.”, While “MafiaWars” is the second most popular game after Farmville with the amount of five percent of users who spend 52 minutes per day to play.
While “CafeWorld,” with a total 4 percent of users who spend 36 minutes per day.
Despite the decline in productivity is not a security threat, but cyber criminals are believed to develop ways to spread malware through these games.
For as is known, the cyber criminals began to exploit technological innovation. They exploit the gap between how quickly they can innovate from the security gaps that exist to generate profits, and with the speed of technological innovation company in mobilizing to protect their networks.