HoneySpam 2.0: profiling web spambot behaviour

Internet bots have been widely used for various beneficial and malicious activities on the web. In this paper we provide new insights into a new kind of bot termed as web spambot which is primarily used for spreading spam content on the web. To gain insights into web spambots, we developed a tool (H...

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Main Authors: Hayati, Pedram, Chai, Kevin, Potdar, Vidyasagar, Talevski, Alex
Other Authors: Jung-JinYang
Format: Book Chapter
Published: Springer 2009
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/12738
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author Hayati, Pedram
Chai, Kevin
Potdar, Vidyasagar
Talevski, Alex
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description Internet bots have been widely used for various beneficial and malicious activities on the web. In this paper we provide new insights into a new kind of bot termed as web spambot which is primarily used for spreading spam content on the web. To gain insights into web spambots, we developed a tool (HoneySpam 2.0) to track their behaviour. This paper presents two main contributions, firstly it describes the design of HoneySpam 2.0 and secondly we outline the experimental results that characterise web spambot behaviour. By profiling web spambots, we provide the foundation for identifying such bots and preventing and filtering web spam content.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-127382022-12-09T05:23:41Z HoneySpam 2.0: profiling web spambot behaviour Hayati, Pedram Chai, Kevin Potdar, Vidyasagar Talevski, Alex Jung-JinYang MakotoYokoo Takayuki Ito Zhi Jin Paul Scerri honeyspam web usage mining spam detection web spambot web robot detection Internet bots have been widely used for various beneficial and malicious activities on the web. In this paper we provide new insights into a new kind of bot termed as web spambot which is primarily used for spreading spam content on the web. To gain insights into web spambots, we developed a tool (HoneySpam 2.0) to track their behaviour. This paper presents two main contributions, firstly it describes the design of HoneySpam 2.0 and secondly we outline the experimental results that characterise web spambot behaviour. By profiling web spambots, we provide the foundation for identifying such bots and preventing and filtering web spam content. 2009 Book Chapter http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/12738 10.1007/978-3-642-11161-7_23 Springer restricted
spellingShingle honeyspam
web usage mining
spam detection
web spambot
web robot detection
Hayati, Pedram
Chai, Kevin
Potdar, Vidyasagar
Talevski, Alex
HoneySpam 2.0: profiling web spambot behaviour
title HoneySpam 2.0: profiling web spambot behaviour
title_full HoneySpam 2.0: profiling web spambot behaviour
title_fullStr HoneySpam 2.0: profiling web spambot behaviour
title_full_unstemmed HoneySpam 2.0: profiling web spambot behaviour
title_short HoneySpam 2.0: profiling web spambot behaviour
title_sort honeyspam 2.0: profiling web spambot behaviour
topic honeyspam
web usage mining
spam detection
web spambot
web robot detection
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/12738