Social networking security#1683

Social networking has become a widespread mechanism used by individuals of all ages to stay connected with friends, family, colleagues, and coworkers. However, many users are unaware of the dangers of sharing vast amounts of personal information on social networks.

Examine your own social networking presence or that of someone you know, and respond to the following.

• How can social networking be used to facilitate social engineering attacks, in general?
• How much personal information can be obtained from your (or your friend’s) social networking accounts?
• Is there anything you (or your friend) can do to make this social network presence more secure?
• Have you (or your friend) ever been the target of a social engineering scam (either successful or attempted)? What was it? Was it related in any way to your personal information being accessible?

In preparing your response,One page in length, cite at least one source from professional or academic literature, such as articles from peer-reviewed journals and relevant textbooks. For this course, the use of Wikipedia is not considered an academic or professional reference. You should also be sure to proof-read and spell-check your responses. All sources should be formatted per APA style guidelines.