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Phishing and Social Media Millions of people log in to their social media profiles every day. In fact, over 1.3 billion users like Troy log onto their favorite social networking sites monthly. Troy is just one social media user of many. He logs on to share his photos and to check up on his friends. Troy About On his profile, you can find: Name, Date of Birth, Location, Workplace, Interests, Hobbies, Skills, Relationship Status, Telephone Number, Email Address and Favorite Food All of this information can be used against Troy by social engineers. In spear phishing, social engineering is the use of known social behaviors and patterns to make targets more likely to take a suggested course of action, e.g. clicking on a link. So·cial en·gi·neer·ing S They can send crafted spear phishing emails to Troy’s inbox... or they can imitate Troy to trick his contacts Social Media Usage by the Numbers 66% of adult Facebook users who do not know how to use its privacy controls 26% of social media users who have made in-app purchases using payment cards 71% of consumers whose purchasing decisions are influenced by social media posts 780% increase in reported social-media related crime in a four year span Luckily, there are ways to keep your information safe: Camera CAMERA LENS AF 18 - 55mm 1 : 1.9 CAMERA , INC. Be cautious when you receive suspicious messages from your contacts—old or new. Remember that information can be stolen from your photos as well as from text. Don’t submit a status update you wouldn’t want on the front page of the newspaper. Log in with Social SMP Log in with Social SMP Lastly, be careful what web sites you link your profiles to. You can also increase your privacy settings so only your friends can see your profile. Did you know? Social activities account for 91 percent of all mobile Internet activity. In January 2010, social media lures were used in 8.3% of all phishing attacks; by December of that year, they were used in 84.5% of attacks—a 918% increase. One major social network has more fake profiles than the population of Egypt. Remember: If you receive a suspicious message or email, be cautious and use our organization’s established reporting procedures. Copyright © 2016, PhishMe, Inc. All rights reserved. The PhishMe name and logo are trademarks of PhishMe, Inc. in the United States and other countries.

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Page 1: Phishing and Social Media - Cofense · 2020-06-02 · Phishing and Social Media Millions of people log in to their social media profiles every day. In fact, over 1.3 billion users

Phishing and Social MediaMillions of people log in to their social media profiles every day. In fact, over 1.3 billion users like Troy log onto their favorite social networking sites monthly.

Troy is just one social media user ofmany. He logs on to share his photos and

to check up on his friends.

TroyAbout

On his profile, you can find:Name, Date of Birth, Location, Workplace, Interests, Hobbies, Skills,Relationship Status, Telephone Number, Email Address and Favorite Food

All of this information can be used against Troy by social engineers.

In spear phishing, social engineering is the use of known social behaviors and patterns to make targets more likely to take a suggested course of action, e.g. clicking on a link.

So·cial en·gi·neer·ingSThey can send crafted spear phishing emails to Troy’s inbox...

or they can imitate Troy to trick his contacts

Social Media Usage by the Numbers

66% of adult Facebook users who do not know how to use its privacy controls

26% of social media users who have madein-app purchases using payment cards

71% of consumers whose purchasing decisions are influenced by social media posts

780% increase in reported social-media related crime in a four year span

Luckily, there are ways to keep your information safe:Camera

CAMERA LENS AF 18 - 55mm 1 : 1.9

CAMERA , INC.

Be cautious when you receive suspicious messages from your contacts—old or new.

Remember that information can be stolen from your photos as well as from text.

Don’t submit a status update you wouldn’t want on the front page of the newspaper.

You can also increase your privacy settings so only your friends can see your profile.

Did you know?

Social activities account for 91 percent of all mobile Internet activity.

In January 2010, social media lures were used in 8.3% of all phishing attacks; by December of that year, they were used in 84.5% of attacks—a 918% increase.

One major social network has more fake profiles than the population of Egypt.

Remember: If you receive a suspicious message or email, be cautious and use our organization’s established reporting procedures.

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