DocumentCode
1785893
Title
Online social networks to online social malworks — The evolution of an industry
Author
Louw, C. ; Von Solms, Sebastiaan
Author_Institution
Acad. of Comput. Sci. & Software Eng., Univ. of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa
fYear
2014
fDate
7-9 May 2014
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
7
Abstract
In the past few years, the Online Social Network (OSN) industry has revolutionised the way in which information, often of a personal nature, is stored, shared and accessed by millions of online users. This has been used to the advantage of many individuals and even organisations, but it has also been abused by cyber criminals. We examine a few examples of how cyber criminals have adapted cyber crimes to survive on OSNs and also look at the possible motives of cyber criminals. After investigating some of the concerns that the Internet has introduced to the safety of online user information, we look at the possibility of harnessing the social nature of OSNs to combating cyber crimes through improved user awareness. We conclude by highlighting the fact that the sheer volume of users on OSNs combined with the right security awareness campaign could simplify the task of spreading security-related information - it can be as simple as making a status update from being “uninformed” to “informed”.
Keywords
Internet; computer crime; social networking (online); Internet; OSN industry; cyber crimes; cyber criminal; online social malworks; online social network; online user information; security awareness campaign; security-related information; status update; user awareness; Electronic mail; Facebook; Industries; Internet; Security; Twitter; Cyber Crime; Online Social Networks; Social Network Abuse;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
IST-Africa Conference Proceedings, 2014
Conference_Location
Le Meridien Ile Maurice
Print_ISBN
978-1-905824-43-4
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ISTAFRICA.2014.6880611
Filename
6880611
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