A new threat could be giving up your location when you post a picture from inside your house. A team of scientists dicovered that with some smartphones, a user’s latitude and longitude can be attached tothe picture you post in the metadata.
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Geo-tagging photos can lead to cyberstalkers finding you
Posted: 4th February 2011 by admin in Corporate Stupidity, Hacking News, malware, Security Policy, social media, Social network, Web SecurityTags: Facebook, Global Positioning System, iPhone, Mobile phone, MySpace, social media, Social network service
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What is Social Media INSecurity?
Posted: 24th March 2010 by admin in Entrepreneur, Security Assesment, social media, Social network, Web 2.0Tags: Facebook, Friendster, Google, LinkedIn, MySpace, Online Communities, social media, Twitter
Image via CrunchBase The trends in Social Media are heading towards more sharing of information. But sharing of information has moved beyond your circle of friends and family. Social media is becoming less social and more… well more corporate. Or more like many people shouting in a bar, you are all in close proximity, but [...]
Can you protect yourself on Social Media?
Posted: 1st March 2010 by admin in antivirus, Identity theft, social media, Social networkTags: antivirus, Antivirus software, Facebook, LinkedIn, malware, MySpace, network security, Phishing, security, social media, Social network, Spyware, Twitter
Image via Wikipedia One of the greatest challenges to privacy and security in the next several years is Social Networks and Social Media. Sites like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, MySpace and others can be the downfall of valuing information. The ability to share and provide information is completely the opposite of network security requirements. This is [...]
Information Devaluation Through Phishing
Posted: 25th September 2009 by admin in PhishingTags: Facebook, LinkedIn, MySpace, Phishing, social media, Social network, Twitter
Image via Wikipedia Information Devaluation Through Phishing The value of information has been decreasing over time. How do you see this isn the real world? There are two ways, one can be seen from the user perspective and the other from the attacker/bad guy perspective. From a user point of view, the most obvious method [...]