Online Social Networks in Business Frameworks

23Various Threats and Attacks on Online Social Networks and Their Counter Measures

D. Saravanan^1*, Vijay Ramalingam¹, T. Ragupathi¹, Arul Prakash¹, S. Vignesh¹, Rahin Batcha R.¹, Belsam Jeba Ananth M.² and Meenakshi³

¹Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, India

²Mechatronics Engineering, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur, Chengalpattu, Tamil Nadu, India

³Apeejay Stya University, Sohna, Haryana, India

Abstract

Data privacy is becoming a more pressing issue due to the exponential growth in both the number of users and the size of their friend lists on online social networks (OSNs). An adversary may access a multitude of data via OSNs, and this is correlated with an increase in context-aware spam email campaigns. With millions of members on each online social network (OSN), fraudsters attempt to get access to these networks in order to exploit the personal data stored there. Recent findings have shown that online social networks (OSNs) are vulnerable to a diverse array of privacy and security risks. Online social networks are becoming targeted by hackers on a daily basis. This article provides a comprehensive examination of the security and privacy breaches that are currently happening on social networking platforms. Furthermore, both the user and the data stored in the OSN are susceptible to these attacks. The techniques used in this research effectively meet user security and privacy issues, ...