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Social Media Search
Introduction
There are several cyber security risks associated with using social media for employees, including:
- Phishing scams and malicious links
- Leaking sensitive information
- Unauthorized access to corporate accounts
- Social engineering attacks
- Spread of malware
- Loss of productivity
- Spoofing, BEC Attacks
- Reputation damage to the company.
Why is it bad for anyone to expose too much information on social media?
Exposing too much information on social media can lead to several security and privacy risks, including:
- Identity theft: Personal information such as full name, address, birthdate, and other identifying details can be used to steal someone's identity.
- Scams and fraud: Scammers and hackers can use personal information obtained from social media profiles to carry out phishing scams and other fraudulent activities.
- Loss of control over personal information: Social media companies can use or sell personal information, and it can be accessed by third-party advertisers or hackers.
- Decreased privacy: Once information is posted on social media, it is no longer under the control of the user and can be seen by anyone, including employers, friends, and even strangers.
- Negative impact on reputation: Posting inappropriate or sensitive information on social media can harm a person's reputation and professional standing.
In short, limiting the amount of personal information shared on social media can help protect one's security, privacy, and reputation.
How does social media monitoring work in Kaduu?
On the dashboard you can search social networks in live mode. Currently only Twitter, Youtube and Reddit are supported. It may take up to a few minutes to get the results, as we will be requesting external services.
You can search for any text string in real-time mode and get the according preview for your search:
What can you look for?
You could setup alerts for exposed people in your organisation like the CEO's name or CFO. This way you would detect if anyone sets up a spoofed profile or tries to damage the organisation's reputation.
Automatic Text Analysis
By using special search operators, you can have the text analyzed. For example, if you search for "sbb.ch :(" it will only display negative social media posts related to the search term:
You find more search operators below:
Details Search Operators
| Field Name | Description |
|---|---|
| data leak @company | Creation date & time. |
| "data leak" | Search posts containing both data and leak words and mentioning the @company Twitter account. |
| urgent #leak | Search posts containing the urgent word and marked with the #leak hashtag. |
| data from:elonmusk | Search posts containing the data word and posted from @elonmusk account. |
| breach filter:links | Search posts containing the breach word and an external link. |
| love OR hate | Containing either "love" or "hate" (or both). |
| beer -root | Containing "beer" but not "root". |
| #haiku | Containing the hashtag "haiku". |
| list:NASA/astronauts-in-space-now | Sent from a Twitter account in the NASA list astronauts-in-space-now |
| to:NASA | A Tweet authored in reply to Twitter account "NASA". |
| @NASA | Mentioning Twitter account "NASA". |
| politics filter:safe | Containing "politics" with Tweets marked as potentially sensitive removed. |
| puppy filter:media | Containing "puppy" and an image or video. |
| puppy filter:native_video | Containing "puppy" and an uploaded video, Amplify video, Periscope, or Vine. |
| puppy filter:images | Containing "puppy" and links identified as photos, including third parties such as Instagram. |
| puppy filter:twimg | Containing "puppy" and a pic.twitter.com link representing one or more photos. |
| hilarious filter:links | Containing "hilarious" and linking to URL. |
| puppy url:amazon | Containing "puppy" and a URL with the word “amazon” anywhere within it. |
| movie -scary :) | Containing "movie", but not "scary", and with a positive attitude. |
| flight :( | Containing "flight" and with a negative attitude. |
| traffic ? | Containing "traffic" and asking a question. |
