Facebook Manace Exercise

8/11/2019 Facebook Manace Exercise

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PETALING JAYA: Crooks are cashing in on personal details readily revealed by so e !acebook"sers and "sing the in identity #ra"ds$ black ail or to %steal& oney #ro "sers'

(ver)e*cited online social net+ork "sers +ho reveal personal in#or ation and accept %#riendship&re,"ests #ro co plete strangers have ade the site an increasingly pop"lar target #orcybercri inals'

-any "sers$ especially beginners$ e*perience c"lt"re shock +hen they s"ddenly beco e %pop"lar&

and receive any #riendship re,"ests$ said cri inologist and -alaysian Association o# Certi#ied !ra"dE*a iners president .at"k Akhbar /atar'

%They #eel enco"raged to revealore in#or ation abo"t the selves

+itho"t realising the da age itco"ld ca"se$& he said$ adding that

any "sers even posted se*y orn"de pict"res o# the selves on the+ebsite and ended "p beingblack ailed by co plete strangers'

Akhbar said the practice o# postingpersonal details s"ch as birthdates$ addresses and telephonen" bers on the +ebsite hadproven to be the so"rce o# al"crative b"siness #or identity#ra"dsters'

%The cri e triangle co prises

ele ents o# desire$ target andopport"nity' (nce there is a desireto co it the cri e$ the cri inal identi#ies the target and opport"nity' This is +here !acebook co esin$& he said'

According to Socialbakers.com $ a +ebsite dedicated to global !acebook statistics$ there are c"rrently0$123$145 !acebook "sers in -alaysia alone$ +hich is 62'278 o# the entire pop"lation'

Yo"ths bet+een the ages o# 91 and 7 #or ed the a;ority o# -alaysian "sers < 618 < +hile theyo"ngest gro"p$ aged bet+een 96 and 97$ akes "p 28 o# "sers' The gender ratio o# -alaysians on!acebook is al ost e,"al < +ith 768 o# the being #e ale'

=ackers operating on social net+orks can easily create #ake pro#iles and send #riendship re,"ests to"ns"specting "sers +ithin their target gro"ps' -any "sers have beco e victi s o# identity #ra"ds$harass ent$ black ail and have lost oney thro"gh vario"s sca s operated via the +ebsite'

There have also been reports o# gangs and dr"g syndicates in -alaysia recr"iting e bers thro"gh!acebook and other social net+orks' The cri inals> ;ob is ade easier as the na e and pro#ilepict"re o# the "ser is visible to all via the +ebsites> de#a"lt privacy settings'

%?nlike cri es co itted in the physical +orld$ cyber cri es re,"ire little or no invest ent$& said Akhbar$ adding that s"ch cri es +ere also di##ic"lt to detect'


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Only add friends you know, says help centre PETALING JAYA: Cyber/ec"rity -alaysia chie# e*ec"tive o##icer Lt Col @ tdB ="sin Ja ri has advised!acebook "sers to never approve a %#riend re,"est& "nless they kno+ +ho the person is'

=e said a total o# 359 cases o# cri inal activities involving !acebook +ere reported to the Cyber000=elp Centre last year$ +ith 4 8 related to harass ent$ 8 #or hacked or co pro ised acco"ntsand 78 related to identity #ra"d'

%(nly share photographs$ videos and in#or ation that yo" +ant to ake p"blic as there is a goodchance that it +ill spread beyond yo"r control$& he said$ adding that "sers sho"ld c"sto ise theirprivacy settings so that only %real #riends& co"ld access their in#or ation'

="sin called on parents to onitor their children>s> !acebook acco"nts'

%Talk to the abo"t +hat sho"ld and sho"ld not be posted online and enco"rage the to reportessages that ake the "nco #ortable$& he said$ adding that "sers +ho #aced online threats and

incidents co"ld contact the at [email protected] '

.espite n" ero"s reports o# #ra"d and sca s on !acebook$ -alaysians are still naive and keepaking the sa e istakes'

-CA P"blic /ervices and Co plaints .epart ent head .at"k -ichael Chong said people sho"ldrealise the dangers o# revealing too "ch personal in#or ation on the site'

=e said they had received any co plaints #ro yo"ng +o en +hose rep"tations +ere tainted byc"lprits +ho hacked into their acco"nts and stole their private photographs'

1. What advice was given to Facebook users?

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b.

c.

d.

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2. What should the parents do to keep their children safe?
mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]


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Facing up to security issues on FacebookBy !"#$% !"$&

PETALING JAYA: Dary o# the high n" ber o# cri es carried o"t thro"gh social net+orking +ebsites$any yo"ng -alaysians do take preca"tions to ens"re their sa#ety and privacy'

Calista Dei !en Leah Lie+ said that !acebook is i portant #or +ork contacts and to keep in to"ch+ith #riends overseas'

%There are al+ays risks to p"tting yo"r personal in#or ation online'

%It is i portant to take preca"tions by not "ploading revealing photos o# yo"rsel#$& Calista$ 6$ said'

/he is very care#"l abo"t privacy and never p"blishes her phone n" ber online'

%I can even ad;"st y settings on +hat in#or ation or photos y #riends co"ld see on y pro#ile$& shesaid' Calista said she +ill not stop "sing !acebook despite sec"rity and sa#ety iss"es'

/a antha Alina D"l## said it is i portant to protect yo"rsel# #ro in#or ation phishing'

The 9)year)old said that yo"ng -alaysians sho"ld be ca"tio"s abo"t +hat they p"blish beca"se yo"never kno+ +ho ight be is"sing !acebook'

%I# so eone is acting s"spicio"sly$ ;"st delete the $& /a antha said'

Tinesh Daren Nagendran$ 6$ does not add people he does not kno+ to his #riends list on !acebook'

%I do p"blish y phone n" ber b"t do not approve people I do not kno+$& he said'

=e "rged people to rethink the "se o# the %Places& application +hich allo+s people to check)in> +iththeir iPhone or any obile +eb bro+ser'

A#ter they have checked)in>$ people +o"ld kno+ +here they are at a certain point o# ti e'

%I have a #riend +ho checks in +henever she "ses p"blic transport and I think that this application +illake girls +ho "se the an easy target #or stalkers$& he said' According to /ocialbakers'co $ a

+ebsite dedicated to global !acebook statistics$ 618 o# -alaysian !acebook "sers are yo"th agedbet+een 91 and 7'


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A' Focab"lary: Jot do+n the ne+ +ords yo" have discovered in the articles' rie#ly describe +hat theireanings'

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' Dhat are the %dangers& being described by Article 9

9'Cri inals are stealing personal in#or ation #ro !acebook "sers

'Cri inals "se the in#or ation to black ail steal oney identity #ra"ds'

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C' ?se the notes above to +rite a paragraph abo"t the dangers o# "sing !acebook' Yo" ay start like this:

Cri inals are stealing personal in#or ation #ro !acebook "sers andK

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