A comprehensive review of security threats and solutions for the online social networks industry.
| Autor: | Nawaz NA; College of Computer and Information Systems, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah Al-Mukarmah, Saudi Arabia., Ishaq K; Department of Informatics and Systems, University of Management and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan.; Faculty of Information Science and Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi, Malaysia., Farooq U; University of Management and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan., Khalil A; King Abdul Aziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia., Rasheed S; Department of Information Technology, Faculty of Computing and Information Technology, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia., Abid A; Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology, Virtual University of Pakistan, Pakistan.; Department of Computer Science, University of Management and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan., Rosdi F; Department of Informatics and Systems, University of Management and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan. |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | PeerJ. Computer science [PeerJ Comput Sci] 2023 Jan 16; Vol. 9, pp. e1143. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Jan 16 (Print Publication: 2023). |
| DOI: | 10.7717/peerj-cs.1143 |
| Abstrakt: | The term "cyber threats" refers to the new category of hazards that have emerged with the rapid development and widespread use of computing technologies, as well as our growing reliance on them. This article presents an in-depth study of a variety of security and privacy threats directed at different types of users of social media sites. Furthermore, it focuses on different risks while sharing multimedia content across social networking platforms, and discusses relevant prevention measures and techniques. It also shares methods, tools, and mechanisms for safer usage of online social media platforms, which have been categorized based on their providers including commercial, open source, and academic solutions. Competing Interests: Adnan Abid is an Academic Editor for PeerJ Computer Science. (©2022 Nawaz et al.) |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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