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.
Posts Tagged ‘social media’
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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Tips to Avoid Confidentiality Issues When Using Social Networking Media
Posted: 7th December 2010 by admin in HIPAA, Security Policy, social media, Social networkTags: Business, Confidentiality, Facebook, Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, social media, Social Media Networks, Social network service, Twitter
Social media sites have gained popularity in the past ten years as a medium to keep in contact with loved ones, business associates and friends. However, there can be drawbacks to the usage of said media when one is employed in certain career fields, such as the healthcare industry. Utilizing social media networks can inadvertently [...]
Building a Social Media Policy
Posted: 11th August 2010 by admin in Compliance, Could Computing, Entrepreneur, risk assessment, Security Assesment, Security Policy, social media, Social networkTags: Facebook, social media, social media policy, social media security, Social network, Twitter
Image by ivanpw via Flickr Social Media Policy Social Media has become part of the user community several years ago. Today we have social media in the corporate environment. The main problem we have is how social media has evolved. It has been a bottom up approach. By bottom up I mean that the consumer [...]
Corporate Reputation Management: Can a company require you register your Social Media Profile with Human Resources?
Posted: 25th May 2010 by admin in Compliance, social media, Social networkTags: Business, Dave Carroll, Employment, Facebook, Human resources, social media, United Airlines, YouTube
Image via CrunchBase When you join a company, you relinquish certain rights. The workplace is not a democracy. Yet many people still think that their corporate email, their corporate computers and the data they use is “theirs”. Who owns that data? Well the answer is the company. Companies are concerned with data loss prevention. A [...]
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 [...]
Twitter your security away
Posted: 20th April 2009 by admin in Hacking News, Managed SecurityTags: online security, social media
As social networking takes over our lives, much like the Borg, we are freely giving away our personal information. Its information devaluation. Twitter, facebook, MySpace, Flickr, Linkedin, etc are all pretty much conditioning us to be one with the Internet universe. Why shouldnt every person we know have the latest update on what you had [...]