The doppelgänger bot attack: Exploring identity impersonation in online social networks

Proceedings of the ACM SIGCOMM Internet Measurement Conference, IMC

Volumn 2015-October, Issue , 2015, Pages 141-153

  Goga, Oana ^a   Venkatadri, Giridhari ^a   Gummadi, Krishna P ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR SOFTWARE SYSTEMS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRIME; INTERNET; ONLINE SYSTEMS;

ANECDOTAL EVIDENCES; IDENTITY THEFT; IMPERSONATION ATTACK; IN-DEPTH STUDY; MALICIOUS ACTIVITIES; ON-LINE SOCIAL NETWORKS; ORDINARY PEOPLE; TWITTER SOCIAL NETWORKS;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 84954106086     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/2815675.2815699     Document Type: Conference Paper

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