Internet with Social media have open the new ways of communication in the hyper connected world. This communication involves tweets, sharing photos, images, likes and comments etc. among the people all around the world. Over the past several years, we have seen that online social networking sites plays a crucial role which connect users to communicate with family, friends, professional groups and other community by using social media like, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, MySpace, YouTube and Digg etc. Today social media is a great way to build network with people. However, it is unfortunate to note that social media sites can pose a variety of serious security risk and threats to users and organizations. This paper provides an in-depth detail of threats, security risks and different types of attacks using social media.
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