Yazan Boshmaf ; Ildar Muslukhov ; Konstantin Beznosov ; Matei Ripeanu

01 March 2012

Abstract: In this invited piece at the ACM Interactions Magazine, we briefly describe our research into the use, impact, and implications of socialbots on Facebook.

Keyword(s): Online Social Networks ; Social Network Security ; Large-scale Infiltration ; Socialbots ; Botnets

Published in: Article by Tim Hwang, Ian Pearce, and Max Nanis. Socialbots: voices from the fronts. In ACM Interactions 19, 2 (March 2012). Piece by Yazan Boshmaf, Ildar Muslukhov, Konstantin Beznosov, Matei Ripeanu. The Socialbot Network: Are Social Botnets Possible?: