A Proxy-based Real-time Protection Mechanism for Social Networking Sites Presented by Omar Alzahrani A Proxy-based Real-Time Protection Omar Alzahrani 11/1 by Dwen Ren, Allen Chang, Sheng Chung, You Sheng

A Proxy-based Real-Time Protection Omar Alzahrani 11/2  Index:  Facts about Social Network ?  why should we worry about Social Network Security?  Facebook website threats.  Structures of Social Network.  Facebook website structure.  Paper’s propose.  Real-Time Webpage Scanning Service.  Protection Investigation: 1- Client side. 2- Official server side.

A Proxy-based Real-Time Protection Omar Alzahrani 11/3  Social Network such as ? and others !

 Facts about Facebook : In every 13 people on Earth is on Facebook. In every 13 people on Earth is on Facebook. In 20 minutes : In 20 minutes : 1,000,000 links are shared on Facebook 1,000,000 links are shared on Facebook. 1,851,000 status updates are entered million friend requests are accepted. 1,587,000 wall posts are written. Average user is connected to 80 community pages, groups and events. It is the second biggest website by traffic behind Google (at the moment). More than 650 million active users A Proxy-based Real-Time Protection Omar Alzahrani 11/4

why should we worry about Social Network Security?  why should we worry about Social Network Security? huge amount of unencrypted personal information. Personal information is displayed to public by default. Personal information is displayed to public by default. privacy leads to security issue. privacy leads to security issue. - example of privacy leads to security issue : - example of privacy leads to security issue : - Updates Hi guys… the next weekend I am gonna travel to LA….. I am so excited A Proxy-based Real-Time Protection Omar Alzahrani 11/5

Facebook website threats.  Facebook website threats. 1.Social Engineering. 2.Drive by Download. 3.Phishing. 4.Trojan. 5. Fake friendship invitation. A Proxy-based Real-Time Protection Omar Alzahrani 11/6

Structures of Social Network.  Structures of Social Network. FBML: Facebook Markup Language A Proxy-based Real-Time Protection Omar Alzahrani 11/7

Paper’s propose.  Paper’s propose. A real-time website security protection mechanism based on the concept of proxy. So the proxy is to detect and determine the security threats of the website A Proxy-based Real-Time Protection Omar Alzahrani 11/8

Real-Time Webpage Scanning Service.  Real-Time Webpage Scanning Service. A Proxy-based Real-Time Protection Omar Alzahrani 11/9

Protection Investigation:  Protection Investigation: 1- Client side. - Refer to personal privacy protection programs and solutions offered by scholars such as Facebook. - Make sure each other’s identity before adding to friend list. - Avoid reveling too much personal information. - Review fans groups and communities before join them. - Carefully check every applications before installation. 2- Official server side. - Use https or SSL for user login. This can prevent login information being intercepted due to plain text transmission. - Use secured channel to transmit data between servers. A Proxy-based Real-Time Protection Omar Alzahrani 11/10