Title :
Malicious and Spam Posts in Online Social Networks
Author :
Abu-Nimeh, Saeed ; Chen, Thomas M. ; Alzubi, Omar
Abstract :
A large-scale study of more than half a million Facebook posts suggests that members of online social networks can expect a significant chance of encountering spam posts and a much lower but not negligible chance of coming across malicious links.
Keywords :
security of data; social networking (online); unsolicited e-mail; Facebook; malicious links; online social network; spam post; Compuer security; Electronic mail; Facebook; Malware; Online services; Privacy; Social network servicews; Uniform resource locators; Unsolicited electronic mail; Facebook; Malware; Online social networks; Security; Spam; URLs; Uniform resource locators;
DOI :
10.1109/MC.2011.222
