Social Engineering and the Risks Involved

Journal of Information Security and Applications, 2014

Corporations and organizations in the United States have used social media and social networking services (SNS) in a variety of ways since the 1970s. The Internet, mobile communications, and smartphones have led to widespread adoption of social media for marketing, public relations, commerce, stakeholder management, and other corporate uses. Examples of best practice and poor performance are examined.

Skype software is considered as a common and important communication service that is used these days. This research aims to investigate the security issues related to the Skype. The unsolved issues in security will be discussed in this research and will be highlighted. This is done by explaining some ways used by attackers for Skype. The research conducted a survey where its results are presented and gave evidence about the concerns that are related to the Skype security. Also, some experiments in Skype will be presented. In addition, recommendations will be proposed to enhance the security level in Skype.