Spammers are becoming "smarter" on Twitter
Chen, Chao, Zhang, Jun, Xiang, Yang, Zhou, Wanlei, and Oliver, Jonathan (2016) Spammers are becoming "smarter" on Twitter. IT Professional, 18 (2). pp. 66-70.
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Abstract
While researchers develop various approaches to detect Twitter spam, spammers thwart their efforts with more complex spamming strategies. The authors' in-depth analysis of more than 570 million tweets revealed three new spamming strategies: coordinated posting behavior, finite-state machine-based spam template, and passive spam.
Item ID: | 64420 |
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Item Type: | Article (Research - C1) |
ISSN: | 1941-045X |
Copyright Information: | © 2016 IEEE. |
Funders: | Australian Research Council (ARC) |
Projects and Grants: | ARC Linkage Project LP120200266 |
Date Deposited: | 27 Sep 2020 19:14 |
FoR Codes: | 08 INFORMATION AND COMPUTING SCIENCES > 0803 Computer Software > 080303 Computer System Security @ 100% |
SEO Codes: | 89 INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION SERVICES > 8902 Computer Software and Services > 890299 Computer Software and Services not elsewhere classified @ 100% |
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