Social networking a threat to business
There are many reasons why social media applications can pose a risk to businesses of any size, such as lost productivity, lost data and bring malware (due to poor prevention of these sites, the false sense of safety or massive popularity).
For these reasons, the security company WatchGuard believes that the following applications riskiest:
1. Facebook: it is certainly the social environment “more dangerous now, largely due to its popularity.” With over 500 million users, Facebook provides a “fertile ground for hackers to attack.” If we add to this potential technical issues, such as an open API implementation questionable, and you have a recipe for disaster. “
2. Twitter: In some cases, short messages of new vulnerabilities as Twitter allow the shortening of URLs. While these formulas can help save space in Twitter posts also allow hackers to hide malicious links. Added to this is that Twitter suffers many vulnerabilities related to Web 2.0 API and allowing players to attack and even spread
worms among their users.
3. YouTube: Because it is one of the sites most popular online videos, criminals “are drawn to YouTube,” WatchGuard complaint. Hackers often create malicious websites disguised as video pages of YouTube. In addition, the attackers use spam in the comments section of YouTube videos with malicious links.
4. LinkedIn: LinkedIn becomes a target “attractive to attackers, it has high levels of confidence,” warns the company. As most users take advantage of LinkedIn to establish business relations or entering selection processes jobs, tend to publish information confidential and potentially sensitive information in this network.
5. 4chan: mural is a known image, a social environment where users post pictures and comments. 4chan has been involved in several Internet attacks attributed to “anonymous”, which is the only name that all users of this network can be obtained. “Many hackers to spread their malware through 4chan forums,” says WatchGuard.
6 .- Chatroulette: is a site that allows users to connect and have a webcam chat with random people. The nature of this system makes it anonymous webcam “in a potential target for Internet predators.”