The world malware community is becoming much more sophisticated and aggressive. Why? I can think of a number of reasons. First, more and more people in the world are obtaining enough education to participate. Second, the financial situation around the world, but especially in Europe, the US, and Africa, has been in a sustained recession/depression. People are desperate to find other sources of income. Third, the cyberwars are underway, with countries and ideologies wanting to inflict financial and physical ruin on each other.
This brings me to Facebook. Facebook is a prime target for this community. You can get names, email addresses, and personal information. How is the personal information used? Someone can log into your bank account. They fail because they don't get the password right. But the bank asks a personal question. The "someone" has your Facebook (Or LinkedIn for that matter) personal information available and can then answer the personal question. It is reported that Mitt Romney's personal email account was hacked this way.
This is a long way around to warning you to closely manage all the personal information on the internet, but especially Facebook, LinkedIn, and Google+. Here is a link to a good article on Facebook security. You can also go to the links at the bottom of the article for more information.
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