Abstract

Social media are sites on the Internet that allow users to interact and communicate with each other and since it is easy to use and produce a fast way to communicate. According to these features, it becomes very popular to everyone either the young generation or the old generation. But we need to be concerned about security and privacy. Is our information safe? Will we be safe while we using these sites? This paper presents the reasons that make us unsafe in social media. We'll also show some of the ways that we should follow to protect ourselves. So, in short, we can say that this research aims to increase the awareness of the risks of social media threats. Also, suggest some solutions to reduce the damage that may happen._

Details

Title
Awareness of Security Threats in Social Media
Author
Alsubhi, Alaa 1 ; AlZain, Mohammed A 1 ; Masud, Mehedi 1 ; Jhanjhi, N Z 2 ; Al-Amri, Jehad 1 ; Baz, Mohammed

 College of Computers and Information Technology, Taif University, P.O. Box 11099, Al-Hawiya-Taif, 21944, Saudi Arabia 
 School of Computer Science and Engineering, SCE, Taylor's University, 47500, Malaysia 
Pages
3093-3100
Section
Research Article
Publication year
2021
Publication date
2021
Publisher
Ninety Nine Publication
e-ISSN
13094653
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2628339754
Copyright
© 2021. This work is published under https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.