Top 8 Social Media Security Threats
By Michael Eggebrecht, Community Editor at CIOZone
As sites like Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter have grown more popular, they have become a hot target for hackers. According to Kaspersky Lab, malicious code distributed via social networking sites is ten times more effective than malware spread via e-mail. Here are the Top 8:
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- Danny Lieberman (11)
- DataLine (10)
- David Alexander (2)
- Derek Crawford (1)
- Doug Pollack (7)
- due diligence (311)
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- FEATURE ARTICLE (428)
- Financial (588)
- Fred Leland (7)
- Gene Kim (3)
- Government (374)
- Greg George (5)
- H1N1 (15)
- hackers (540)
- healthcare (135)
- Heather Bourgoin (1)
- HomeATM (8)
- identity-theft (536)
- IDExperts (17)
- Ike Z. Devji (1)
- Infosec Island Network (39)
- Insider Threat (491)
- Internet Crime Complaint Center (1)
- Internet Security Alliance (72)
- ISR News (321)
- Jacqueline Herships (2)
- Jenni Hesterman (3)
- John M. Salomon (2)
- John Watkins (7)
- John-Patrick Skaar (2)
- Kaliber Data Security and Compliance Consultants (3)
- Kat Sanders (2)
- Ken Leeser (3)
- Kevin L. Jackson (10)
- Kevin M. Nixon (21)
- Larry Ketchersid (1)
- Laton McCartney (7)
- Lauren Taylor (1)
- Linda McGlasson (1)
- malware (502)
- Mark Smail (1)
- Mark Wright (1)
- Mel Duvall (3)
- Michael Eggebrecht (3)
- Michael Lohr (1)
- Michael O'Conner (4)
- MicroSolved (1)
- Mike Duncan (3)
- Mike Meikle (4)
- Mike Spinney (1)
- Military (212)
- national security (454)
- PCI (309)
- PCI Security Standards Council (32)
- Physical Security (11)
- privacy (553)
- Rachel James (10)
- reach (12)
- Rebecca Herold (16)
- Richard Stiennon (44)
- Robert Siciliano (34)
- Sarbanes-Oxley (503)
- ScamStop (2)
- Sean Wilkins (2)
- Semyon Dukach (1)
- Simon Heron (14)
- Software Associates (11)
- Steven Fox (19)
- SUPERAntiSpyware (3)
- Sybase (6)
- Symplified (5)
- The Jester (8)
- The Privacy Professor (16)
- Thomas R. Fox (8)
- Tom Groenfeldt (2)
- Tom McLain (2)
- Trefis (14)
- Tripwire (18)
- Uncategorized (621)
- virtualization (102)
- Webcast (49)
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