scholarly journals Various Privacy and Security Issues in Online Social Networks

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (12) ◽  
pp. 142-146
Author(s):  
Miss. Komal K. Khandare
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Private Information ◽  
Online Social Networks ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Personal Information ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Security And Privacy ◽  
Privacy And Security ◽  
Security Issues ◽  
Basic Features

Abstract: Social networks have become a part of human life. online interaction, communication, and interest sharing, letting individuals create online profiles that other users can view these are basic features that are offer by most of social networking sites Unfortunately, In many cases, users are not even aware of the disclosure of their personal information through their profiles. Leakage of a user’s private information can happen in different ways. Many of the security risks associated with using social media are presented in this paper. Also, the issue of privacy and how it relates to security are described. Based on these discussions, some key points are provided to improve a user’s privacy and security on social networks. Our inquest will help the readers to understand the security and privacy issues for the social network users, and this research will help the user. Keywords: OSN; security; classic privacy threats; modern threat.

scholarly journals Privacy and Security Issues in Online Social Networks

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. 114 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shaukat Ali ◽  
Naveed Islam ◽  
Azhar Rauf ◽  
Ikram Din ◽  
Mohsen Guizani ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Online Social Networks ◽  
Virtual Communities ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Security And Privacy ◽  
Security Issue ◽  
Sensitive Data ◽  
Privacy And Security ◽  
Security Issues ◽  
Social Sphere

The advent of online social networks (OSN) has transformed a common passive reader into a content contributor. It has allowed users to share information and exchange opinions, and also express themselves in online virtual communities to interact with other users of similar interests. However, OSN have turned the social sphere of users into the commercial sphere. This should create a privacy and security issue for OSN users. OSN service providers collect the private and sensitive data of their customers that can be misused by data collectors, third parties, or by unauthorized users. In this paper, common security and privacy issues are explained along with recommendations to OSN users to protect themselves from these issues whenever they use social media.

A Graph-Based Approach to Model Privacy and Security Issues of Online Social Networks

2013 ◽  
pp. 184-205 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luca Caviglione ◽  
Mauro Coccoli ◽  
Alessio Merlo
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Social Organization ◽  
Online Social Networks ◽  
Personal Information ◽  
Security Policies ◽  
Privacy And Security ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Security Issues ◽  
Cultural Phenomenon ◽  
Usage Patterns

With millions of users, Online Social Networks (OSNs) are a huge cultural phenomenon. Put briefly, they are characterized by: i) an intrinsic sharing of personal information, ii) a rich set of features to publish, organize and retrieve contents, especially for emphasizing their social organization, iii) the interaction with a heterogeneous set of devices, e.g., ranging from desktops to mobile appliances, and iv) the mix of Web-based paradigms and sophisticated methodologies for processing data. However, if not properly implemented, or without effective security policies, i) – iv) could lead to severe risks in terms both of privacy and security. In this perspective, this chapter analyzes the major peculiarities of OSN platforms, the preferred development methodologies, and usage patterns, also by taking into account how personal information can be exploited to conduct malicious actions. Then, a graph-based modeling approach is introduced to reveal possible attacks, as well as to elaborate the needed countermeasures or (automated) checking procedures.

scholarly journals A Survey of Privacy and Security Issues in Social Networks

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Constantin SPÂNU
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Social Network ◽  
Network Security ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Online Social Networks ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Identity Theft ◽  
Privacy And Security ◽  
Security Issues ◽  
Privacy Issues

Social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter have gained more popularity in recent years. Because of its large user base, and large amount of information, they become a potential channel for attackers to exploit. Many social networking sites try to prevent those exploitations, but many attackers are still able to overcome those security countermeasures by using different techniques. Social network users may not be aware of such threats. Therefore, this paper will present a survey on different privacy and security issues in online social networks. The issues include privacy issues, identity theft, social networks spam, social networks malware, and physical threats. Social network privacy issues, social network security issues, social network threats, identity Theft, social network spam, social network malware, Facebook worms, Twitter Worms.

Managing the virtual boundaries: Online social networks, disclosure, and privacy behaviors

2016 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 50-67 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary Helen Millham ◽  
David Atkin
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Private Information ◽  
Online Social Networks ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Privacy Management ◽  
Communication Privacy Management ◽  
Communication Privacy Management Theory ◽  
Online Setting ◽  
Communication Privacy ◽  
Privacy Behaviors

Online social networks are designed to encourage disclosure while also having the ability to disrupt existing privacy boundaries. This study assesses those individuals who are the most active online: “Digital Natives.” The specific focus includes participants’ privacy beliefs; how valuable they believe their personal, private information to be; and what risks they perceive in terms of disclosing this information in a fairly anonymous online setting. A model incorporating these concepts was tested in the context of communication privacy management theory. Study findings suggest that attitudinal measures were stronger predictors of privacy behaviors than were social locators. In particular, support was found for a model positing that if an individual placed a higher premium on their personal, private information, they would then be less inclined to disclose such information while visiting online social networking sites.

Privacy and Security for Virtual Communities and Social Networks

2013 ◽  
pp. 19-31 ◽  
Author(s):  
Georgios Michaelides ◽  
Gábor Hosszú
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Online Social Networks ◽  
Virtual Communities ◽  
Personal Information ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Virtual Community ◽  
Privacy And Security ◽  
Internet Privacy ◽  
Large Audience ◽  
Privacy Risks

The importance of the virtual communities’ privacy and security problems comes into prominence by the rapid development of online social networks. This article presents the multiple threats currently plaguing the virtual world, Internet privacy risks, and recommendations and countermeasures to avoid such problems. New generations of users feel comfortable publishing their personal information and narrating their lives. They are often unaware how vulnerable the data in their public profiles are, which a large audience daily accesses. A so-called digital friendship is built among them. Such commercial and social pressures have led to a number of privacy and security risks for social network members. The article presents the most important vulnerabilities and suggests protection methods and solutions that can be utilized according to the threat. Lastly, the authors introduce the concept of a privacy-friendly virtual community site, named CWIW, where privacy methods have been implemented for better user protection.

scholarly journals Artificial and Natural Topic Detection in Online Social Networks

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 80-98
Author(s):  
Sylvio Barbon Jr ◽  
Gabriel Marques Tavares ◽  
Guilherme Sakaji Kido
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Social Interactions ◽  
Online Social Networks ◽  
Topic Detection ◽  
Privacy And Security ◽  
Security Issues ◽  
Textual Content

Online Social Networks (OSNs), such as Twitter, offer attractive means of social interactions and communications, but also raise privacy and security issues. The OSNs provide valuable information to marketing and competitiveness based on users posts and opinions stored inside a huge volume of data from several themes, topics, and subjects. In order to mining the topics discussed on an OSN we present a novel application of Louvain method for TopicModeling based on communities detection in graphs by modularity. The proposed approach succeeded in finding topics in five different datasets composed of textual content from Twitter and Youtube. Another important contribution achieved was about the presence of texts posted by spammers. In this case, a particular behavior observed by graph community architecture (density and degree) allows the indication of a topic strength and the classification of it as natural or artificial. The later created by the spammers on OSNs.

Identity, Credibility, and Trust in Social Networking Sites

2013 ◽  
pp. 5-31 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefania Manca ◽  
Maria Ranieri
Keyword(s):  
Social Studies ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Personal Information ◽  
Personal Data ◽  
Security And Privacy ◽  
Privacy And Security ◽  
Privacy Threats ◽  
Digital Environments

Over recent years, the notions of identity, credibility and trust in digital contexts have been gaining renewed interest from scholars in different fields (from social studies to engineering and computer science), especially for their consequences for privacy and security. Emerging and urgent questions are: What does the management of online personal data entail? How much personal information are we entitled to share with others? What measures do people usually adopt to protect their identity and privacy? Are they always aware of the risks they may run? What consequences may emerge in the long term if cautions are ignored? These are some of the questions that should be addressed by users, experts and scholars engaged with digital environments, especially social networking sites. This chapter focuses on these issues trying to provide a wide overview of the current literature on identity, credibility and trust, and their implications for privacy and security, from the perspective of social and behavioral sciences. Some measures provided by experts on how to protect against the most common security and privacy threats are also outlined.

Evolving Cyber Threats, Combating Techniques, and Open Issues in Online Social Networks

2021 ◽  
pp. 219-235
Author(s):  
Sanjeev Rao ◽  
Anil Kumar Verma ◽  
Tarunpreet Bhatia
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Online Social Networks ◽  
Personal Information ◽  
Machine Learning Algorithms ◽  
Privacy And Security ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Professional Groups ◽  
Cyber Threats ◽  
Common Interests ◽  
Cyber Crimes

Online social networks (OSNs) are renowned powerful web tools that allow worldwide users to connect with their friends, families, professional groups, and social circle through social interaction for sharing common interests. With the proliferation, ease, and efficacy of OSNs, these are becoming an essential tool for communication. But many OSN users innocently uncover their personal information such as their home address, phone numbers, email id, etc. that can be used by the malicious user to perform various kind for cyber-crimes like cyber-bullying, spamming, click-jacking, identity theft, phishing, distrust, fake profiles, spreading malicious content, etc. This chapter presents a review of various privacy and security threats/attacks associated with OSN users and recommended combating techniques based on data-mining and machine learning algorithms. Also, the future directions for upcoming researchers in this field are suggested.

Privacy and Security for Virtual Communities and Social Networks

2009 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 21-32 ◽  
Author(s):  
Georgios Michaelides ◽  
Gábor Hosszú
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Online Social Networks ◽  
Virtual Communities ◽  
Personal Information ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Virtual Community ◽  
Privacy And Security ◽  
Internet Privacy ◽  
Large Audience ◽  
Privacy Risks

The importance of the virtual communities’ privacy and security problems comes into prominence by the rapid development of online social networks. This article presents the multiple threats currently plaguing the virtual world, Internet privacy risks, and recommendations and countermeasures to avoid such problems. New generations of users feel comfortable publishing their personal information and narrating their lives. They are often unaware how vulnerable the data in their public profiles are, which a large audience daily accesses. A so-called digital friendship is built among them. Such commercial and social pressures have led to a number of privacy and security risks for social network members. The article presents the most important vulnerabilities and suggests protection methods and solutions that can be utilized according to the threat. Lastly, the authors introduce the concept of a privacy-friendly virtual community site, named CWIW, where privacy methods have been implemented for better user protection.

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