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our recommendations to businesses vis a vis security issues in social media (2/2)

published on 2009/06/26 by Alban Ondrejeck

Following our previous post in which we were able to demonstrate how one could get into the private life of an individual thanks to the information the latter has provided about him/herself on various social networking platforms, this second instalment of our demonstration shows how a hacker can use this information as a starting point for a foray into the targeted person's company information system. 3 strategies have been exposed in this video. All 3 scenarios selected are straightforward in order to prove that everyone is potentially concerned. However, a myriad of other scenarios can be devised, all depending on hackers' skills and mainly their......

our recommendations to businesses vis a vis security issues in social media (1/2)

published on 2009/06/18 by Alban Ondrejeck

Needless to say how much we love social media at Orange Business Services and especially on the Orange Business Live blog. The likes of Facebook, Myspace, LinkedIn and TWitter are instrumental in letting us express our opinions, ideas and even develop our skills online, not to mention the management of our online reputations via powerful, user-friendly tools and platforms Having said that, the blue-sky world of social networks is somewhat darkened by certain hard facts related to serious web 2.0 security issues. Private and business information is particularly at risk on certain social networking platforms - not because of the said platforms......

our recommendations to businesses vis a vis security issues in social media (1/2)