Hacking offense and defense: the most insidious seven black skills (3)

VI. Identity theft

In short, identity theft refers to activities that fraudulently, steal, etc., and obtain illegal benefits by pretending to be another person's identity. Social network information reveals valuable content such as the victim's name and date of birth. Identity thieves can use this information to guess the user's password or imitate these users and eventually steal their identity.

Users of social networks sometimes inadvertently give their information to others. They may give their email address, date of birth, phone number, etc. to unfamiliar so-called "friends."

One of our advice to social network users is not to answer all the questions submitted by the site, or to provide their true date of birth. Users do not have to tell the website their true educational background, phone number, etc., but also try to get the thief to get the wrong sensitive information.

VII. Corporate Spy

Corporate espionage has also increased in the context of the growing Internet platform, and employee personal information may also cause companies to incur corporate espionage risks.

For example, in order to implement a phishing attack, what the attacker does is to search for the company's employees on the social networking site, and then pose a corporate boss or leader, as if led by the Human Resources Department. And send an email to the employee, such as: "Dear XX, congratulations on joining the company. Please click on the link below to access the company's intranet and log in with your normal username and password, we will be based on your Information update configuration file." It is important to note that newcomers who have just come to work at the company may be deceived like this.

The only way to deal with this type of espionage is to tell employees to limit the information they disclose and not to disclose the name of the employer or boss, which can reduce the chances of employees attacking company leaders and companies.

In short, employees need to know that you may be one step away from the criminals on social networks. Be clear: there are always some black hands searching for your information on social networking sites. It’s not just friends who are connected with us, but also wolves. So please disclose your information carefully.