Proliferation and detection of blog spam

IEEE Security and Privacy

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 42-47

  Abu Nimeh, Saeed ^a   Chen, Thomas M ^b  

^a Websense Security Labs   (United States)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

network level security and protection; Web browser.

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMOUS SYSTEM NUMBERS; COLOCATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; IP ADDRESSS; IP BLOCK; NETWORK-LEVEL SECURITY AND PROTECTION; SPAMMERS;

BLOGS; NETWORK SECURITY; WEB BROWSERS; WORLD WIDE WEB;

INTERNET;

EID: 77958134897     PISSN: 15407993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MSP.2010.113     Document Type: Article

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