Be Ware Of Social Media Attacks

Below is a list of social media attacks that the SOPHOS Enterprise foundation has highlighted;

Mal/FBJack-R, Mal/FBJack-A, Mal/FBJack-I, Mal/FBJack-S, Mal/FBJack-J, Mal/FBJack-G, Mal/FBJack-B, Mal/FBJack-I , - are malicious script designed to hijack Facebook activity and are usually seen in web pages that perform click-jacking,forcing users to "like", "share" or "comment" on pages in Facebook without their knowledge.

The following links offer you tips on how to enhance your social media security and what to watch out for;

1. Disable Facebook’s Facial recognition https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2011/06/07/facebook-privacy-settings-facial-recognition-enabled/
    
2. Scams on Facebook include cross-site scripting, clickjacking, survey scams and identity theft. One of the scammers' favorite methods of attack of the moment is known as cross-site scripting or "Self-XSS." Facebook messages such as *Why are you tagged in this video*? https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2011/05/16/why-are-you-tagged-in-this-video-its-a-viral-facebook-scam/
    
3. Take you to a webpage that tries to trick you into cutting and pasting a malicious JavaScript code into your browser’s address bar. Self-XSS attacks can also run hidden, or obfuscated, JavaScript on your computer allowing for malware installation without your knowledge. https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2011/05/16/facebook-dislike-button-spreads-fast-but-is-a-fake-watch-out/
    
4. Facebook scams also tap into interest in the news, holiday activities and other topical events to get you to innocently reveal your personal information.
5. https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2011/05/13/facebook-announces-new-security-features-but-do-they-do-far-enough/

*BE WARE OF SHORTENED URLS ON TWITTER*

Twitter users often shorten URLs via bit.ly and other services to keep tweets within their 140 character limit. Hackers can also create shortened URLs to easily redirect you to malicious sites, since the URL itself gives you no indication of the site name. Although most shortened URLs are legitimate, if a link brings you to another page that asks for a Twitter or Facebook password, leave immediately.

*PROTECTION STRATEGIES FOR SOCIAL NETWORKING*

*Facebook security best practices: *

   - Adjust Facebook Privacy settings

   - Read the Facebook Guide to Privacy

   - Think carefully about choosing your friends

   - Show “limited friends” a cut-down version of your profile

   - Disable options, then open them one by one

*SECURITY SOLUTION*

Make sure your security solution is up todate. The University security solution (Sophos) is effective on all the above malware when fully updated. Please download solution via the following link http://viruscheck.mak.ac.ug/