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A Survey of Various Security Issues in Online Social Networks


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1 Department of Computer Application, St. Jerome’s College, Nagercoil, Tamilnadu, India
2 Department of Computer Science and Research Centre, S.T. Hindu College, Nagercoil, Tamilnadu, India
 

The most emerging communication medium for the last decade of years is Online Social Networks (OSNs). Online Social Network makes the communication quicker and cheaper. Facebook, Twitter, Google Plus, MySpace, Orkut, etc are the various existing online social networks. Among all the online social networks very few could turn the attention of the people towards them. However, all these social networks are available on the publicly accessible communication medium called internet. When these social networks are available in the internet, it will lead to various types of security issues. This paper discusses the various security related issues persists in online social networks.

Keywords

Online Social Network (OSN), Privacy, Security, Hacking, Malware, Hacking, Spam, Attack.
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M. Milton Joe
Department of Computer Application, St. Jerome’s College, Nagercoil, Tamilnadu, India
B. Ramakrishnan
Department of Computer Science and Research Centre, S.T. Hindu College, Nagercoil, Tamilnadu, India

Abstract


The most emerging communication medium for the last decade of years is Online Social Networks (OSNs). Online Social Network makes the communication quicker and cheaper. Facebook, Twitter, Google Plus, MySpace, Orkut, etc are the various existing online social networks. Among all the online social networks very few could turn the attention of the people towards them. However, all these social networks are available on the publicly accessible communication medium called internet. When these social networks are available in the internet, it will lead to various types of security issues. This paper discusses the various security related issues persists in online social networks.

Keywords


Online Social Network (OSN), Privacy, Security, Hacking, Malware, Hacking, Spam, Attack.