Review of Cyber Threats in Social Networking Websites

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Amrinder singh
Amardeep singh

Abstract

with the advancement in technology, internet emerged as the crucial part of human life. While focussing on the internet, social networking is the major thing that gains attention. The use of social networking sites is very high compared to another usage of internet. The main reason is people’s desire to interact and communicate people all around the globe. It is not just the way to communicate, but also an open door for a business promotion. But increased use of social networking websites has also promoted the cyber criminals for cyber crimes. Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn, Myspace, etc. are the social networking websites used by the users. While sharing information on these websites, people are unaware of the security issues. Cyber criminals exploit personal information and other confidential information of users for hacking their other accounts. Thus, privacy and security became the major concern in social networking websites. Existing internet security system and antivirus system are not effective enough to protect the user accounts against these security threats. These papers aim to review and identify various cyber security threat in social networking websites. Also, it focuses on proposed some solutions to help people how to tackle the cyber security threats associated with the social networking websites.

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