Social Networks' omnipresence and ease of use has revolutionized the generation and
distribution of information in today's world. However, easy access to information does not …

Online social networks (OSN) are a permanent presence in today's personal and
professional lives of a huge segment of the population, with direct consequences to offline …

The emerging Internet-of-Things (IoT) are vulnerable to Sybil attacks where attackers can
manipulate fake identities or abuse pseudoidentities to compromise the effectiveness of the …

In this paper, we study the problem of early detection of fake user accounts on social
networks based solely on their network connectivity with other users. Removing such …

Social bots represent a new generation of bots that make use of online social networks
(OSNs) as command and control (C&C) channels. Malicious social bots have been used as …

Detecting Sybils in online social networks (OSNs) is a fundamental security research
problem as adversaries can leverage Sybils to perform various malicious activities. Structure …

The growing popularity of social networks and their easy acceptance of new users have the
unintended consequence of fostering an environment where anonymous users can act in …

The emergence of online social network invokes social actors to share their personal
information digitally. Moreover, it provides the facility to maintain their links with people of …

Assessing multi-hop interpersonal trust in online social networks (OSNs) is critical for many
social network applications such as online marketing but challenging due to the difficulties of …

The social network is a big forum where people communicate with each other everywhere in
a digital word based on a connection. Users may share anything with their contacts, such as …