Hackers take full advantage of social media sharing: security experts

Sharing on social media helps hackers sharpen “spear phishing” attacks they use to trick their way into computers, security experts said Monday.

Spear phishing refers to individualizing deceptive messages sent to people in order to trick them into clicking on links or opening files booby-trapped with viruses.

Public posts on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Foursquare and other online venues give hackers fodder to mimic the way people write and the words they use, said Ulisses Albuquerque of the security firm Trustwave.

“I don’t think people have any idea what kind of insight that gives to a potential hacker,” Albuquerque told AFP.

SOURCE: rawstory.com