Title :
Definition of spam 2.0: New spamming boom
Author :
Hayati, Pedram ; Potdar, Vidyasagar ; Talevski, Alex ; Firoozeh, Nazanin ; Sarenche, Saeed ; Yeganeh, Elham A.
Author_Institution :
Anti-Spam Res. Lab., Curtin Univ., Perth, WA, Australia
Abstract :
The most widely recognized form of spam is e-mail spam, however the term “spam” is used to describe similar abuses in other media and mediums. Spam 2.0 (or Web 2.0 Spam) is refereed to as spam content that is hosted on online Web 2.0 applications. In this paper: we provide a definition of Spam 2.0, identify and explain different entities within Spam 2.0, discuss new difficulties associated with Spam 2.0, outline its significance, and list possible countermeasure. The aim of this paper is to provide the reader with a complete understanding of this new form of spamming.
Keywords :
Internet; unsolicited e-mail; user interfaces; e-mail spam; online Web 2.0 application; similar abuses in other media; spam 2.0; spam content; spamming boom; Communities; Conferences; Feature extraction; Robots; Social network services; Unsolicited electronic mail; spam; spam 2.0; web 2.0;
Conference_Titel :
Digital Ecosystems and Technologies (DEST), 2010 4th IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Dubai
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5551-5
DOI :
10.1109/DEST.2010.5610590
