{"id":37082,"date":"2016-12-05T13:59:17","date_gmt":"2016-12-05T06:59:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/cyber-criminals-move-to-exploit-safe-social-media-spaces\/"},"modified":"2016-12-05T14:12:10","modified_gmt":"2016-12-05T07:12:10","slug":"cyber-criminals-move-to-exploit-safe-social-media-spaces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/cyber-criminals-move-to-exploit-safe-social-media-spaces\/","title":{"rendered":"Cyber criminals move to exploit \u2018safe\u2019 social media spaces"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nFriend requests and easy conversation can quickly lead to threats of blackmail, as users fail to take suitable precautionsFollowing a few glasses of wine, John\u2019s inhibitions had dropped when he went online to talk to a woman he had met through an internet dating site. Although they hadn\u2019t met in person, they had been exchanging messages for about a week and a half.Because of the familiarity built up through previous messages, and the effects of the alcohol, when she suggested that she would remove some of her clothes if he did the same, he agreed. Straight away he realised he had been scammed. Continue reading&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : theguardian.com&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/money\/2016\/dec\/05\/cyber-criminals-exploit-safe-spaces-social-media-sites-blackmail\" target=\"_blank\">Cyber criminals move to exploit \u2018safe\u2019 social media spaces<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; Friend requests and easy conversation can quickly lead to threats of blackmail, as users fail&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37082","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-9E6","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":71176,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/focus-cyber-defences-on-criminals-and-leave-russia-to-us-says-security-tsar\/","url_meta":{"origin":37082,"position":0},"title":"Focus cyber defences on criminals and leave Russia to us, says security tsar","date":"November 7, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"\r \r \r Source : telegraph.co.uk\r Read more...Focus cyber defences on criminals and leave Russia to us, says security tsar","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":161333,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/uae-cyber-security-council-warns-98-per-cent-of-attacks-target-human-weaknesses\/","url_meta":{"origin":37082,"position":1},"title":"UAE Cyber Security Council warns 98 per cent of attacks target human weaknesses","date":"September 21, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"\r UAE Cyber Security Council warns 98 per cent of cyberattacks exploit human weaknesses through social engineering\r \r Source : arabianbusiness.com\r Read more...UAE Cyber Security Council warns 98 per cent of attacks target human weaknesses","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/cyber-1000x667-1.jpg?fit=1000%2C667&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":3011,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/hsbc-suffers-online-banking-cyber-attack\/","url_meta":{"origin":37082,"position":2},"title":"HSBC suffers online banking cyber-attack","date":"January 29, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\r The bank admits its internet banking facility was made unavailable following a \u2018denial of service\u2019 attack, but says no transactions were affectedHSBC customers have been locked out of internet banking after the company was targeted by cyber criminals in a \u201cdenial of service\u201d attack.In a tweet, the bank said\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":154546,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/malaysias-home-minister-ridiculed-after-his-whatsapp-account-hacked\/","url_meta":{"origin":37082,"position":3},"title":"Malaysia\u2019s home minister ridiculed after his WhatsApp account hacked","date":"May 27, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Malaysia\u2019s home minister has been hit by a wave of public ridicule after his WhatsApp account was hacked, raising questions over the country\u2019s digital protections when its top security official has been targeted by cyber criminals. 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