{"id":11477,"date":"2016-03-04T09:00:33","date_gmt":"2016-03-04T14:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.com\/blog\/?p=11477"},"modified":"2020-02-26T11:05:48","modified_gmt":"2020-02-26T16:05:48","slug":"social-media-threats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.com\/blog\/social-media-threats\/11477\/","title":{"rendered":"Is your social media profile a target?"},"content":{"rendered":"

At the RSA Conference<\/a> in San Francisco, I sat in on a panel that raised an interesting question in the insecure big data world that we live in. Ian Amit of Zerofox gave a talk on how social media usage could be leveraged by cybercriminals to target individuals to infiltrate a company.<\/p>\n

The theory is quite simple \u2014 we put a lot of personal data out there that can be accessed by pretty much anyone. This includes cybercriminals and it is a variable that they can leverage to help infiltrate a company.<\/p>\n

What makes you a target?<\/h3>\n

In theory this idea is quite plausible. We already know that social media sites are prime targets for phishing<\/a> schemes, and if we know that, so do the criminals. By leveraging the big data, they can look at people who they feel could be easy prey, or a prime target for attack.<\/p>\n

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Did you know that #socmedia<\/a> sites are prime areas for phishing schemes? Find out more: https:\/\/t.co\/eNlAvarhAy<\/a> #SMM<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/8k12NuAdIp<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Kaspersky (@kaspersky) December 12, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n