Social networking security tools

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Unsafe pages that you have added to the exception list will have the Trusted rating. If your security software finds a dangerous link on your Facebook wall, for example, you can warn your friends about it.

Just move your mouse cursor over the warning and click Warn your friends about this post. You can modify the message that appears, or just post it as-is.

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Read on for tips to stay safe on social networks. How can these social account hacks happen? By direct messages to you. Phishers will find out who you would expect to receive an email from and use that as a way in. Social engineering is where attackers use whatever information they can glean from your public profiles — date of birth, education, interests — to try to get into your accounts on all sorts of services.

Just imagine how easily someone can find out the name of your first pet or school from your Facebook profile, then think about how many services use them as security questions.

Keep as much of your profile private as you can, and think twice before posting absolutely every aspect of your life. Your phone can end up in the hands of a stranger, giving access to your social accounts and more. To make it as difficult as possible for an intruder, you should always enable the passcode lock on your phone, and set it to time out at no more than a few minutes. For the sake of others who are less well informed than you, always report the account as spam.

The social networking service will monitor it and, if enough people take the same action, remove the account. All rights reserved. Firefox is a trademark of Mozilla Foundation. Phishing scams create social media information security risks. In a phishing scam, the goal is to get you or your employees to hand over passwords, banking details, or other private information.

This is especially popular on Facebook. To claim the coupon, you have to hand over personal information like your address and birth date. We always recommend exercising caution if asked for any of your personal information online. We invite you to follow our verified social profiles for our promotions!

Some scammers are bolder, asking for banking information and passwords. The Singapore Police Force recently issued a warning about this type of scam. But more than 67, fake accounts were only addressed once members reported them. Source: LinkedIn. Impostor accounts can target your customers or potential recruits. When your connections are tricked into handing over confidential information, your reputation suffers.

The government of the Cayman Islands recently had to issue an imposter alert. Someone was impersonating a government minister on Instagram. They were using the account to contact citizens about a phoney relief grant. This is fake. Imposter accounts may also try to con employees into handing over login credentials for corporate systems. Another type of imposter scam targets brands hoping to work with influencers.

In this scam, someone impersonating a social media personality with a high following reaches out and asks for free product. Working with real influencers can be a valuable marketing strategy. If hackers gain access to your social media accounts, they can cause enormous band reputation damage. When they Tweeted racial slurs and other profanities, his team had to do damage control. An investigation is underway.

The hackers targeted team accounts on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Apologies that our account was compromised this morning. Those hacks were relatively benign, but still a major hassle for the teams involved. Others hacks are much more serious. Cyberspies posed as University of Cambridge researchers on LinkedIn. They reached out to connect with oil and gas professionals. Once they had established trust, the spy group sent a link to an Excel file.

The file contained malware that stole login credentials and other information. People seem to be well aware of the potential privacy risks of using social media. Source: eMarketer. Sixty-nine percent of U. For brands, the privacy risk includes both business and personal use.

Make sure you understand the privacy settings on your business accounts. You should provide privacy guidelines for employees who use their personal social accounts at work. Mobile devices account for more than half the time we spend online.