Exploits Propagated Via Social Media Increase

Orome1 writes "Infection via email, traditionally the most popular vector for spreading malware, has declined in favor of greater use of social media. These include clickjacking attacks using the Facebook 'Like' button, fake Web pages positioned on search engines (BlackHat SEO), and zero-day vulnerability exploits. The rise in popularity of smart phones powered by Google's Android operating system for smart phones has been accompanied by an increase in attacks targeting these devices. A number of different threats have appeared, primarily aimed at racking up phone bills or using the geolocalization function to transmit a user's position to a third party."

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Bounce around much?

[Galestar]

The title of TFA is "E-mail infections decline as exploits propagated via social media increase"

yet it likes to bounce around to

"The rise in popularity of smart phones powered by Google's Android operating system for smart phones has been accompanied by an increase in attacks targeting these devices."

Then to

There has also been a great deal of commotion around two serious zero-day flaws in Microsoft OS code, one of which was exploited to attack SCADA systems (specifically in, nuclear power stations).

This article really has nothing to say about the rise of use of social media as a vector, other than mentioning the recent twitter exploits--in the last paragraph. Why did this article make it to the front page again?