Malicious and Spam Posts in Online Social Networks

Authors:
Saeed Abu-Nimeh;Thomas Chen;Omar Alzubi
Affiliations:
Damballa Inc.;Swansea University, Wales;Swansea University, Wales
Venue:
Computer
Year:
2011

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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.