288: How ZeroFox Is Winning Fight Against Social Media Cybercrime on Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn

While we have been busy concentrating on viruses, malware, firewalls, phishing attempts, and ransomware, how many of you think about social media attacks and social media cyber crimes? James Foster, ZeroFOX’s CEO, discusses the growing issue of social media cybercrime. He also highlights specific attacks/scams plaguing Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn, respectively, and explains his company’s role in keeping users safe. Foster also talks about what companies and individuals should be doing to protect themselves and what’s on the horizon in terms of future social media attacks. ZeroFox ZeroFOX was named "2017 Red Herring Top 100 North America Winner Leader in Social Media and Digital Security Recognized for Technical Innovation and Financial Performance" About James Foster: Foster is a prominent thought-leader on cybersecurity, having spoken on Capitol Hill about the increase in international cyber threats. Prior to his role at ZeroFOX, he founded cyber security firm Ciphent in 2006, which he led to a three-year growth rate of 8900% with 100 employees and 1000 customers by 2010 when it was acquired by Accuvant.