Top Ten Ways to Shockproof Your Use of Social Media (Lightning Talk)
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Transcript of Top Ten Ways to Shockproof Your Use of Social Media (Lightning Talk)
Ben WoelkPolicy and Awareness AnalystRochester Institute of [email protected]
Ten Ways to Shockproof Your Use of Social Media
Introduction
• Everyone is a target• Identity theft is big business• You can’t rely on others to protect
you
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Avert Labs Malware Research
3Retrieved July 24, 2009 from:http://www.avertlabs.com/research/blog/index.php/2009/07/22/malware-is-their-businessand-business-is-good/
Phishing on Social Network Sites
http://www.markmonitor.com/download/bji/BrandjackingIndex-Spring2009.pdf
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Tip # 1 Passwords/Passphrases
• Length more important than complexity
It was a dark and stormy night
becomes
ItwasaDark215andStormyNight
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Password Safes
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Tip # 2 Keep up to date!
• Operating System• Applications
Tip #3 Security Software
Layers of Security• Anti-Virus Protection• Firewall• Anti-Spyware Protection
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Tip #4 Recognize Phishing/Scams
Phishing Tips
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Tip #5 Use Social Networks SafelyDon’t:• Post personal information• Post schedules or whereabouts• Post inappropriate photos
http://www.sileo.com/facebook-status-update-leads-to-robbery/
Tip #6 Remember Who Else is There
• Who else uses social networking?– Employers– Identity Thieves– Online Predators
• Facebook Stalker(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCh9bmg0zGg)
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What You Post Can Be Used To…
• Make judgments about your character
• Impersonate you to financial institutions
• Monitor what you do and where you go
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Tip #7 Be wary of others
• Choose your friends carefully• "41% of Facebook users agreed to
be friends with this plastic frog, opening themselves up to the risk of identity theft."
• The frog’s name was Freddi Staur– http://podcasts.sophos.com/en/sophos-
podcasts-019.mp3
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Is this really your friend?
Just because it’s your friend’s account does not mean that it’s your friend!
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Tip #8 Search for your name
• Do a vanity search• Set up a Google Alert
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Tip #9 Guard Your Personal Information!
• Watch out for Facebook Applications!!– A 2008 study
found that 90.7% of apps had access to private user data (only 9.3% actually used the data)
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Tip #10 Use Privacy Settings
• Default settings are set to _________?
• Adjust ______________to help protect your identity
• Show "limited friends" a _____________of your profile
• Disable _________, then open them one by one
http://www.sophos.com/security/best-practice/facebook.html
The First Line of Defense
Stay alert—you will be the first to know if something goes wrong
Practice Digital Self Defense
• @bwoelk• @RIT_Infosec 20