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Cyber, reputation, and wealth connections reveal a lot about all of us. You work hard to build wealth, reputations and good lives. Digital and reputation security risks are growing daily; and are something that should be taken very seriously. The risks faced by all of us are actually much more present than many realize. Celebrities who have a lot of money are prime targets for social engineering attempts. But they also are dealing with stalkers. They often have an increased risk of being targeted by extortionists and hackers, who want to use their personal information against them.

Sounds exotic right, like it will never happen to you because you aren’t a celebrity. What about CEOs? Family office heads? Your parents? Your teenage kids? People of all stripes are at an increased risk of being targeted by hackers and some people are at risk of tangling with stalkers as well. In today’s society, anyone can be a celebrity thanks to social media and search results.

Whether it is a CEO, your parents, or a family office head with some extra information on a Facebook profile, be on the lookout for phishing scams and the like. It’s worth noting that this is one area where it can be hard to do something about – it’s not like you have much control over what happens to your personal information once it gets out there. It is often where trouble begins as well.

You need to know:

  1. You can control what gets out, and in what manner if you pay attention and are diligent. If you’re not in a place to make changes on the levels of social media sites, consider educating yourself about how to protect your privacy and take care of yourself.
  2. Make it a priority to know your options and become proactive in protecting what you have.
  3. You can own your privacy. You may be able to use the excuse that you don’t know how to protect yourself and your privacy, but that doesn’t give you a free pass. Even if you aren’t in charge of what gets posted, it is still up to you to decide what is personal and what is not. Being responsible for your privacy means realizing that no matter who takes pictures of or posts about something on their social media site, they don’t have the right to share it.
  4. The internet is a very public place. The internet was never meant to be a private place but rather a public one. What’s posted online is public, and you take your privacy with you. What goes on the internet is not private. It will be seen by those who have access, and often those who don’t have access can often see it as well. People can also share what others post about them on the internet without their permission and use it for their own views or for trolling purposes.
  5. It may feel like nobody is listening, but that doesn’t mean you are safe from those who do listen things about you. As such, it is important to remember that people can (and will) take things they hear or see in the public sphere and use it against you. You Have The Right To Protect Yourself.

Many states have laws in place that protect your right to protect yourself and your privacy which include: California Civil Code makes it illegal for someone to share your personal information with a third party without your consent. New York Law states that it is unlawful for a person to make or distribute obscene, indecent, profane or vulgar pictures about another person in public. Protect yourself and your privacy by understanding when the law protects you — and when it does not. State stances on privacy are changing yearly, and there is a quiltwork of laws around the country. So this makes dealing with these issues a very localized and sometimes problematic situation.

There are several ways to mitigate risk, and the only way to know for sure how much risk one has is by undergoing a vulnerability assessment. If you’re not certain whether you need one, though, it’s a good idea to err on the side of caution.

A social engineering attempt usually begins with a targeted email to the victim. The email usually contains a file or link containing malware or malicious code. The goal of the cyber attacker is often to steal information, but not always. Sometimes it can be later extortion. Sometimes it is about creating a state of psychological fear. How do you know if someone is a cyber attacker? A cyber attacker is typically a criminal who uses information technology to complete illegal tasks. But it may be a jilted lover, a former business partner, or a competitor jealous of your success. A cyber attack is launched with the intent of trying to cause damage. It may contain computer viruses, malicious software, worms, trojan horses, phishing campaigns, denial-of-service attacks or distributed denial-of-service attacks. Cyber crimes can occur in a variety of forms and are not always clearly illegal in every jurisdiction. Cyber attacks are a process of a computer system or networks being systematically exploited to perform actions without the knowledge or consent of the user, administrator, or defender.

Cyber attack is ofen outright confused with cyber-espionage and cyber sabotage; however, it can be used as a cover for espionage and sabotage activities. Hacktivism is sometimes also considered a form of cyber attack and includes non-malicious acts meant to bring about political or social change. The term hacking is a broad term used to refer to activity that involves unauthorized access to computer systems, or any other scheme or method intended to compromise network security such as denial-of-service attacks, account takeovers, crackers and script kiddies. However, it can also refer to carefully analyzing and modifying computer software. In many cases, this is done by creating or exploiting vulnerabilities in the system. Hackers can be motivated by a variety of reasons, such as intellectual curiosity (known as geek hacking) or to disrupt a system for political ends.

A cyber attack could take many different forms, but generally involves the following:

A. Unlawful access to computer systems or networks, often for illicit purposes such as identity theft, financial fraud, unauthorized access of data on devices or systems through social engineering techniques (e.g., using fake identities), and system disruption

B. Overburdening the network with traffic, thereby causing the system to slow or halt

C. Disruption of access to data and information because of an attack on the servers that host these databases.

D. Attacks can be caused by malware, ransomware, phishing and other scams that target sensitive information. It can be a denial-of-service attack, which floods the system with additional traffic and ultimately leads to system failure. It can also be a data breach that allows the attacker to gain unauthorized access to the data and information stored within those servers.

Specifying the components of a cyberattack is challenging.

Who owns your reputation
Do you control your reputation or does someone else?

A common phishing email might look like this: Subject: I am your new neighbor! Your email has been selected to be my neighbor.Hi,I’m your new neighbour and I’m looking to get to know you a bit more. Just click on the following link and lets start chatting ! https crash your computer dot com.

The concept of ‘celebrity hacker’ is not new. A number of high-profile celebrities have had the misfortune of having their nude or compromising photos published online by hackers. So if this happens to people with the means to protect themselves, than what about you? The attacks on celebrities are just one example of the growing trend of cybercrimes involving an individual’s personal finances.

Celebrities are often targeted because they can be more lucrative targets and there is less risk for the perpetrators, who are much more likely to get away with their crimes. The most common targets of celebrity stalking are celebrities who have successful careers in some sort of entertainment, such as actors and actresses, singers, or television personalities. Some stalkers focus on a single celebrity or get fixated on someone they see or read about in the news. Others may travel across a state or country to stalk certain people.

Many celebrities are targeted because they can be more lucrative targets and there is less risk of being caught. There are very few laws that deal specifically with stalker behavior and there is no universally accepted definition of stalking. One definition includes following a person, making threats, using surveillance, or intruding in personal space. The definition of stalking varies depending on the person and the context. In some cases, a stalker may be considered a victim if they have been physically harmed or threatened with retaliation. (Don’t hack/stalk back.) In other cases, the stalker is not necessarily considered a criminal until they are actually arrested. It’s important to know exactly what your State laws say about stalking.

Many states have laws that cover behaviors of stalkers – but not all States do. For example, many States have only a misdemeanor offense for stalking and those laws often prohibit any contact with the victim. Stalking is a pattern of behavior where someone repeatedly behaves in a way that causes another person “reasonable fear.” So, if someone follows you relentlessly and constantly makes phone calls to your house or places where you work, this should be considered stalking.

In today’s digital world, we all can be a celebrity which means that you are never really offline or really private without taking steps to do so. Your personal and professional life are intertwined on social media where people can reach you in a matter of seconds. Inevitably, this brings with it an increase in risk of cyber attacks. The average person would never know when [their] personal photos or information is being exploited by someone else.

We all should focus more on educating people about what they can do to protect themselves and their personal information when they are using the internet or social media sites. Most importantly, we should focus more on informing the public about how to protect their digital privacy and security, so that they can take control of it themselves.

In order to completely prevent these type of situations from happening, we have to make some major changes in our society. These changes include making internet and social media companies more accountable for what they do with our personal information online, educating people more about protecting their digital privacy and security, and sharing information with each other in order to help others.

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