Author: Tony Walt

Social media, such as Insta, may seem to be far removed from the workplace, but it’s become a major vulnerability for corporate networks. Cyber criminals are using company and staff social media accounts as a source of valuable information and easy access.  Even supposedly ‘non-sensitive’ personal and company information can be used for cyber crimes such as identity theft, impersonation and ransomware attacks. It potentially exposes employees’ work passwords and puts both them and their employers at risk. Identity theft Cyber criminals gather public corporate and personal information during the first stage of the cyber attack ‘kill chain’ – reconnaissance.…