How Posting On Facebook About 10 Concerts You Attended Can Get You Robbed
Over the past few days a viral “survey” type post has been circulating around Facebook in which people share the names of 10 concerts – 9 that they have attended and one that they did not – and their Facebook friends attempt to guess which is the one that they never attended. Eventually, in the comments, the original poster reveals which concert is “the lie.”
These posts sound like innocuous fun – but they are not.
In fact, some such posts – including the recent one about concerts – may be started or circulated by criminals.
Lo learn how and why – please see my article in Inc. entitled How Posting On Facebook About 10 Concerts You Attended Can Get You Robbed
Joseph Steinberg is a cybersecurity expert witness and advisor, and a Lecturer on Cybersecurity at Columbia University in NYC. He has led businesses in the information-security industry for over two decades, and has written books ranging from the best-selling Cybersecurity for Dummies to the official study guide for a CISO certification exam. He is one of only a few dozen people worldwide to hold the suite of advanced information security certifications, CISSP, ISSAP, ISSMP, and CSSLP, indicating that he possesses a rare, robust knowledge of information security that is both broad and deep; his information-security-related inventions are cited in well over 500 US patent filings.
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