Social media has been exhilarating so far – but are you ready to see it become a much bigger target for nefarious forces as it becomes more mainstream? WebSense Security Labs reports that the President’s pre-election social network My.BarackObama.com, is being used by at least a handful of parties to spread malicious Trojans to unsuspecting network users.

Now that the “most powerful man on earth” is a “web 2.0″ fan, we expect to see attacks and security challenges emerge on a much more significant scale.