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Online Social Networks Misuse, Cyber Crimes, and Counter Mechanisms

Online Social Networks Misuse, Cyber Crimes, and Counter Mechanisms
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Author(s): Sanjeev Rao (Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, India), Anil Kumar Verma (Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, India)and Tarunpreet Bhatia (Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, India)
Copyright: 2021
Pages: 21
Source title: Analyzing Global Social Media Consumption
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Patrick Kanyi Wamuyu (United States International University – Africa, Kenya)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-4718-2.ch010

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Abstract

Online social networks (OSNs) are nowadays an indispensable tool for communication on account of their rise, simplicity, and efficacy. Worldwide users use OSN as a tool for social interactions, news propagation, gaming, political propaganda, and advertisement in building brand awareness, etc. At the same time, many OSN users unintentionally expose their personal information that is used by the malicious users and third-party apps to perform various kind for cyber-crimes like social engineering attacks, cyber espionage, extortion-malware, drug-trafficking, misinformation, cyberbullying, hijacking clicks, identity theft, phishing, mistrusts, fake profiles, and spreading malicious content. This chapter presents an overview of various cyber-crimes associated with OSN environment to gain insight into ongoing cyber-attacks. Also, counter mechanisms in the form of tools, techniques, and frameworks are suggested.

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