VULNERABILITIES IN SOCIAL NETWORKS
VULNERABILITIES IN SOCIAL NETWORKS

Summary/Abstract: The globalization of cyberspace, the expansion of networks and information systems has led world governments and international organizations to focus on securing cyberspace by establishing security policies and strategies and aspects of global compatibility and standardization.In the last decade we are witnessing the emergence of several social networks, which have added a new social dimension to the web, have the ability to create illusory collective identities, train energies that, put together, can generate phenomena difficult to control. They have become an effective tool in achieving apolitical goal, in overthrowing an illegitimate or abusive regime and in other contexts a real threat.At the same time, social networks have become an important indicator for the secret services, identifying suspicious activities and providing clues on how tocarry them out.

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