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Anatomy of and Enterprise Social Media Cyber Attack: Customer Scams

September 23, 2015

Customer scams are nothing new. Fraudsters and criminals have leveraged an organization’s clout and popularity to target customers for ages. But customer scams have taken on a new and dangerous form on social networks, where scammers have unprecedented ability to imitate brands and victimize consumers, all while avoiding punishment. But what do typical customer scams look like? How can consumers identify customer scams? How do organizations tackled the growing risk of customer scams on social media?

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Digital Defense, Inc

Founded in 1999, Digital Defense, Inc., (DDI) is a premier provider of managed security risk assessment solutions protecting billions of dollars in assets for clients around the globe. The organization has received numerous industry recognitions including a top 25 ranking (#21) in Cybersecurity Ventures’ listing of the World’s 500 Hottest Cybersecurity Companies, as well as inclusion in CSO Outlook’s Top 10 Network Security Companies and CIO Review’s 20 Most Promising Cyber Security Solutions. Vulnerability scanning, penetration testing, and security awareness training are DDI’s most popular offerings, each of which proactively improves the security of an organization’s confidential data.

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Anatomy of and Enterprise Social Media Cyber Attack: Customer Scams