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2.  Personal Social Networks
 Status Update Social Networks
 Location Social Networks
 Content Sharing Social Networks
 Shared Interest Social Networks
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5. Influencing factors in selecting a social
network
• Ease of use
• Friends use it
• Privacy
• Security
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6. Shared Information
Profile data
Graph Data
Activity Data
 Third party application access
 Poor implementation
 Lack of awareness
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8. 1.Identity Theft Issues
- Profile Cloning
Existing Profile Cloning
Cross site Profile Cloning
- Social Phishing
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9. 2. Spam Issues
- Spam attack on social networking sites
- Email based spam attack on social network users
Broadcast spam
Context-aware spam
- Http session hijacking
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11. 3.Malware Issues
Spreading malware across social networks
- Fake accounts/ profiles
- Social network API
- Driven by download attack
- Shortened and hidden links
- Cross-Site scripting attack
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Threats percentage-pose on social networks (Sophos 2010
Security Threat Report)

14.  Customize user profile data
 Link previews
 Private messaging
 HTTPS secured Twitter browsing
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15.  2013
 250,000 users
 Limited user information
User names
Email Addresses
Sessions tokens
Encrypted versions of passwords
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16.  [1] Wajeb Gharibi, Maha Shaabi, “Cyber Threats in Social Websites”, College of
Computer Science & Information Systems Jazan University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
 [2] Joseph Bonneau, “Security & Privacy in Online Social Networks” University of
Cambridge, Computer Laboratory
 [3] William F. Pelgrin, “Security and Privacy on Social Networking Sites”, Multi-State
Information Sharing & Analysis Center (MS-ISAC) Monthly Security Tips
NEWSLETTER, March 2010
 [4] Dr. Paul Judge, Chief Research Officer, “2011 Social Networking Security and
Privacy Study”, Barracuda Networks Inc.
 [5] George Danezis, “Inferring Privacy Policies for Social Networking Services”
Microsoft Research, Cambridge,
 [6] Dolvara Gunatilaka, “A Survey of Privacy and Security Issues in Social Networks”
(http://www.cse.wustl.edu)
 [7] Aaron Beach, Mike Gartrell, Richard Han “Solutions to Security and Privacy Issues
in Mobile Social Networking” University of Colorado at Boulder
 [8] Catherine Dwyer; Pace University, Starr Roxanne Hiltz ;New Jersey Institute of
Technology, Katia Passerini ;New Jersey Institute of Technology, “Trust and privacy
concern within social networking sites: A comparison of Facebook and MySpace”
 [9] “Social Networks Overview: Current Trends and Research
Challenges”, Coordinated by the “nextMEDIA” CSA. Supported by the Future Media
Networks cluster. NEXT-Media is supported by FP7, DG Information Society, Unit D2
Networked Media
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17. Thank You
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