SEC595: Applied Data Science and AI/Machine Learning for Cybersecurity Professionals

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Contact UsSocial engineering for identity theft has always been around. But now, with the advent of social networking sites such as Facebook, MySpace, and a host of others, it has become easier than ever to harvest personal information from unsuspecting targets. This paper looks into just how much personal information can be gathered by the seemingly-harmless What type of personality are you? quizzes that are so prevalent on social networking sites. The paper will then look at what the information could be used for, and how to protect against this particular vector of social engineering.