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Educating Users To Mitigate Social Engineering And Privacy Risks In Social Networking Services

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dc.contributor.authorNur Izura Udziren_US
dc.contributor.authorAli Dehghantanhaen_US
dc.contributor.authorMohd Taufik Abdullahen_US
dc.contributor.authorZul Hilmi Bin Abdullahen_US
dc.date.accessioned2024-05-28T04:22:02Z
dc.date.available2024-05-28T04:22:02Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.description.abstractSocial engineering is a common tool for privacy attacks and identity theft. With the increasing popularity of social networking services, users are more susceptible to privacy risks as these websites can be used as a tool to harvest information from unsuspecting targets. This paper looks at how much information can be collected from seemingly harmless online quizzes designed for social network websites. We first design an experiment to carefully collect publicly available data from user profiles. We then discuss how the harvested information can be misused by the attacker to initiate different attacks against users� private information. Finally, we propose a solution to mitigate these risks by reducing the risk level on each individual as well as the organizational level. Our research is a strong indication of social networks potential for harvesting users� private information and reflects the positive role of user education in mitigate this risk.en_US
dc.identifier.epage93
dc.identifier.issn1823-1039
dc.identifier.issue2
dc.identifier.spage87
dc.identifier.urihttps://oarep.usim.edu.my/handle/123456789/5387
dc.identifier.volume9
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherMalaysian Society for Engineering & Technologyen_US
dc.relation.ispartofInternational Journal of Engineering and Technologyen_US
dc.subjectsocial engineering, privacy risk, social network, information harvesting.en_US
dc.titleEducating Users To Mitigate Social Engineering And Privacy Risks In Social Networking Servicesen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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