Analysis on Malware Issues in Online Social Networking Sites (SNS)

Abstract

The Trendy social networking sites like LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter form a good media to mingle socially worldwide. Because of a huge user database, and enormous quantity of information, these online social networking sites are becoming a probable channel for attackers and intruders to exploit the user’s information. A lot of social networking sites aim to prevent these exploitations; however several attackers are still able to conquer security countermeasures by using diverse techniques. The identity of the user can be stolen by the Intruder and that lead to a negative impact. Users of social networking sites may not be aware of such security issues. This paper addresses analysis on different types of malware issues that are possible in online social networks.