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Security Analysis of Malicious Socialbots on the Web
/ Yazan Boshmaf
[LERSSE-THESIS-2015-002]
The open nature of the Web, online social networks (OSNs) in particular, makes it possible to design socialbots—automation software that controls fake accounts in a target OSN, and has the ability to perform basic activities similar to those of real users. [...]
Published in Yazan Boshmaf, Security Analysis of Malicious Socialbots on the Web, PhD Dissertation, UBC, 2015:
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Integro: Leveraging Victim Prediction for Robust Fake Account Detection in OSNs
/ Yazan Boshmaf ; Dionysios Logothetis ; Georgos Siganos ; Jorge Leria ; et al
[LERSSE-PRESENTATION-2015-001]
Detecting fake accounts in online social networks (OSNs) protects OSN operators and their users from various malicious activities. [...]
Published in Boshmaf et al. "Integro: Leveraging Victim Prediction for Robust Fake Account Detection in OSNs" In proceedings the 2015 Network and Distributed System Security Symposium (NDSS'15), San Diego, USA.:
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Integro: Leveraging Victim Prediction for Robust Fake Account Detection in OSNs
/ Yazan Boshmaf ; Dionysios Logothetis ; Georgos Siganos ; Jorge Leria ; et al
[LERSSE-RefConfPaper-2014-004]
Detecting fake accounts in online social networks (OSNs) protects OSN operators and their users from various malicious activities. [...]
Published in Boshmaf et al. "Integro: Leveraging Victim Prediction for Robust Fake Account Detection in OSNs" In proceedings the 2015 Network and Distributed System Security Symposium (NDSS'15), San Diego, USA.:
Fulltext: NDSS_260_Final - PDF PDF (PDFA); boshmaf_ndss_2015 - PDF PDF (PDFA);
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Design and Analysis of a Social Botnet
/ Yazan Boshmaf ; Ildar Muslukhov ; Konstantin Beznosov ; Matei Ripeanu
[LERSSE-RefJnlPaper-2012-002]
Online Social Networks (OSNs) have attracted millions of active users and have become an integral part of today's Web ecosystem. [...]
Published in Yazan Boshmaf, Ildar Muslukhov, Konstantin Beznosov, Matei Ripeanu. Design and Analysis of a Social Botnet. Elsevier Journal of Computer Network - Special Issue on Botnets, 2012.:
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Key Challenges in Defending Against Malicious Socialbots
/ Yazan Boshmaf ; Ildar Muslukhov ; Konstantin Beznosov ; Matei Ripeanu
[LERSSE-PRESENTATION-2012-001]
The ease with which we adopt online personas and relationships has created a soft spot that cyber criminals are willing to exploit. [...]
Published in Usenix 5th Workshop on Large-scale Exploits and Emerging Threats (LEET'12), San Jose, CA, USA.:
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Key Challenges in Defending Against Malicious Socialbots
/ Yazan Boshmaf ; Ildar Muslukhov ; Konstantin Beznosov ; Matei Ripeanu
[LERSSE-RefConfPaper-2012-002]
The ease with which we adopt online personas and relationships has created a soft spot that cyber criminals are willing to exploit. [...]
Published in Yazan Boshmaf, Ildar Muslukhov, Konstantin Beznosov, Matei Ripeanu. Key challenges in defending against malicious socialbots. In Proceedings of the 5th USENIX workshop on Large-scale exploits and emergent threats, LEET'12, Berkeley, CA, USA. USENIX Association.:
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The Socialbot Network: Are Social Botnets Possible?
/ Yazan Boshmaf ; Ildar Muslukhov ; Konstantin Beznosov ; Matei Ripeanu
[LERSSE-etc-2012-001]
In this invited piece at the ACM Interactions Magazine, we briefly describe our research into the use, impact, and implications of socialbots on Facebook..
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?:
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The Socialbot Network: When Bots Socialize for Fame and Money
/ Yazan Boshmaf ; Ildar Muslukhov ; Konstantin Beznosov ; Matei Ripeanu
[LERSSE-REPORT-2012-001]
Online Social Networks (OSNs) have attracted millions of active users and have become an integral part of today's Web ecosystem. [...]
Published in Yazan Boshmaf, Ildar Muslukhov, Konstantin Beznosov, and Matei Ripeanu. The socialbot network: when bots socialize for fame and money. In Proceedings of the 27th Annual Computer Security Applications Conference (ACSAC'11), December 2011:
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[POSTER] The Socialbot Network: When Bots Socialize for Fame and Money
/ Yazan Boshmaf ; Ildar Muslukhov ; Konstantin Beznosov ; Matei Ripeanu
[LERSSE-POSTER-2011-002]
Online Social Networks (OSNs) have become an integral part of today's Web. [...]
Published in Yazan Boshmaf, Ildar Muslukhov, Konstantin Beznosov, and Matei Ripeanu. The socialbot network: when bots socialize for fame and money. In the Poster Session of the 20th USENIX Conference on Security (SEC'11), August 2011.:
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The Socialbot Network: When Bots Socialize for Fame and Money
/ Yazan Boshmaf ; Ildar Muslukhov ; Konstantin Beznosov ; Matei Ripeanu
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[LERSSE-RefConfPaper-2011-008]
Online Social Networks (OSNs) have become an integral part of today's Web. [...]
Published in Yazan Boshmaf, Ildar Muslukhov, Konstantin Beznosov, and Matei Ripeanu. The socialbot network: when bots socialize for fame and money. In Proceedings of the 27th Annual Computer Security Applications Conference (ACSAC'11), December 2011. For the technical report, please refer to http://lersse-dl.ece.ubc.ca/record/272:
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