{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2797941549","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3178876.3186179","title":"Protecting Social Network Users from Impersonation","display_name":"Protecting Social Network Users from Impersonation","publication_year":2018,"publication_date":"2018-01-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2797941549","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3178876.3186179","mag":"2797941549"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1145/3178876.3186179","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3178876.3186179","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Proceedings of the 2018 World Wide Web Conference on World Wide Web - WWW '18","raw_type":"proceedings-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5011488352","display_name":"C.H. Faham","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I1316064682","display_name":"LinkedIn (United States)","ror":"https://ror.org/02fyxhe35","country_code":"US","type":"company","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I1290206253","https://openalex.org/I1316064682"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Carlos Faham","raw_affiliation_strings":["LinkedIn Corporation, Sunnyvale, CA, USA"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"LinkedIn Corporation, Sunnyvale, CA, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I1316064682"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5031230272","display_name":"Grace Tang","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0008-7637-286X"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I1316064682","display_name":"LinkedIn (United States)","ror":"https://ror.org/02fyxhe35","country_code":"US","type":"company","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I1290206253","https://openalex.org/I1316064682"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Grace Tang","raw_affiliation_strings":["LinkedIn Corporation, Sunnyvale, CA, USA"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"LinkedIn Corporation, Sunnyvale, CA, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I1316064682"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5100627256","display_name":"Yuefeng Li","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3594-8980"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I1316064682","display_name":"LinkedIn (United States)","ror":"https://ror.org/02fyxhe35","country_code":"US","type":"company","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I1290206253","https://openalex.org/I1316064682"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Yuefeng Li","raw_affiliation_strings":["LinkedIn Corporation, Sunnyvale, CA, USA"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"LinkedIn Corporation, Sunnyvale, CA, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I1316064682"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5083776330","display_name":"Edward Goldstein","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6795-0559"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I1316064682","display_name":"LinkedIn (United States)","ror":"https://ror.org/02fyxhe35","country_code":"US","type":"company","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I1290206253","https://openalex.org/I1316064682"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Edward Goldstein","raw_affiliation_strings":["LinkedIn Corporation, Sunnyvale, CA, USA"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"LinkedIn Corporation, Sunnyvale, CA, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I1316064682"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5047145430","display_name":"Yuji Kosuga","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I1316064682","display_name":"LinkedIn (United States)","ror":"https://ror.org/02fyxhe35","country_code":"US","type":"company","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I1290206253","https://openalex.org/I1316064682"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Yuji Kosuga","raw_affiliation_strings":["LinkedIn Corporation, Sunnyvale, CA, USA"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"LinkedIn Corporation, Sunnyvale, CA, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I1316064682"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5108657073","display_name":"Jenelle Bray","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I1316064682","display_name":"LinkedIn (United States)","ror":"https://ror.org/02fyxhe35","country_code":"US","type":"company","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I1290206253","https://openalex.org/I1316064682"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Jenelle Bray","raw_affiliation_strings":["LinkedIn Corporation, Sunnyvale, CA, USA"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"LinkedIn Corporation, Sunnyvale, CA, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I1316064682"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5103854476","display_name":"David Mandell Freeman","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210099336","display_name":"Menlo School","ror":"https://ror.org/01240pn49","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210099336"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210114444","display_name":"Meta (United States)","ror":"https://ror.org/01zbnvs85","country_code":"US","type":"company","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210114444"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"David Mandell Freeman","raw_affiliation_strings":["Facebook Inc., Menlo Park, CA, USA"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Facebook Inc., Menlo Park, CA, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210114444","https://openalex.org/I4210099336"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":7,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5011488352"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I1316064682"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":0.0,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":0,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.03816513,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":null,"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":"1901","last_page":"1908"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11644","display_name":"Spam and Phishing Detection","score":0.9998000264167786,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1710","display_name":"Information Systems"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11644","display_name":"Spam and Phishing Detection","score":0.9998000264167786,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1710","display_name":"Information Systems"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12519","display_name":"Cybercrime and Law Enforcement Studies","score":0.9987999796867371,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1710","display_name":"Information Systems"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11598","display_name":"Internet Traffic Analysis and Secure E-voting","score":0.9947999715805054,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1702","display_name":"Artificial Intelligence"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-security","display_name":"Computer security","score":0.6386792659759521},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.5959939360618591},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/internet-privacy","display_name":"Internet privacy","score":0.4895073175430298},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/social-network","display_name":"Social network (sociolinguistics)","score":0.43632954359054565},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/world-wide-web","display_name":"World Wide Web","score":0.3115966320037842},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/social-media","display_name":"Social media","score":0.2702934145927429}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C38652104","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3510521","display_name":"Computer security","level":1,"score":0.6386792659759521},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.5959939360618591},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C108827166","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q175975","display_name":"Internet privacy","level":1,"score":0.4895073175430298},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C4727928","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17164759","display_name":"Social network (sociolinguistics)","level":3,"score":0.43632954359054565},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C136764020","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q466","display_name":"World Wide Web","level":1,"score":0.3115966320037842},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C518677369","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q202833","display_name":"Social media","level":2,"score":0.2702934145927429}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1145/3178876.3186179","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3178876.3186179","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Proceedings of the 2018 World Wide Web Conference on World Wide Web - WWW '18","raw_type":"proceedings-article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[{"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/16","score":0.8100000023841858,"display_name":"Peace, Justice and strong institutions"}],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":10,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W1494280795","https://openalex.org/W1898491644","https://openalex.org/W1963872805","https://openalex.org/W1999521929","https://openalex.org/W2011272223","https://openalex.org/W2112483153","https://openalex.org/W2120111750","https://openalex.org/W2598193677","https://openalex.org/W2800201716","https://openalex.org/W4285719527"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2899084033","https://openalex.org/W2748952813","https://openalex.org/W2390279801","https://openalex.org/W2358668433","https://openalex.org/W2376932109","https://openalex.org/W2001405890","https://openalex.org/W2382290278","https://openalex.org/W2350741829","https://openalex.org/W2130043461","https://openalex.org/W2530322880"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Malicious":[0],"actors":[1],"on":[2,97,100,179,196,210,235,254],"social":[3,102,199],"networks":[4],"often":[5],"create":[6],"fake":[7],"accounts":[8],"that":[9,47,92,117,138,146,158,169],"impersonate":[10],"legitimate":[11,80],"users":[12,120,142],"in":[13,26,71,143,217,231,243],"order":[14],"to":[15,54,58,162],"carry":[16],"out":[17],"scams,":[18],"send":[19],"spam":[20],"and":[21,74,94,153,186,202,239],"phishing":[22],"messages,":[23],"or":[24],"engage":[25],"other":[27],"abusive":[28],"behavior.":[29],"The":[30,104,176],"act":[31],"of":[32,45,78,108,111,167,207,222,246],"assuming":[33],"a":[34,89,101,163,215,226,236],"real":[35],"person\u00bbs":[36],"identity":[37],"gives":[38],"the":[39,50,59,64,72,76,79,197,205,218,244,250],"bad":[40],"actor":[41],"an":[42,114,132,155],"additional":[43],"level":[44],"trust":[46,70],"can":[48],"make":[49],"attack":[51],"more":[52,187,223,227],"likely":[53],"succeed.":[55],"In":[56,84],"addition":[57],"direct":[60],"damage":[61],"caused":[62],"by":[63,121,174,249],"fraudulent":[65],"activity,":[66],"impersonation":[67,98,208,247],"erodes":[68],"users\u00bb":[69],"platform":[73],"damages":[75],"brand":[77],"user":[81,189],"being":[82],"impersonated.":[83],"this":[85],"paper,":[86],"we":[87,213],"present":[88],"large-scale":[90],"system":[91,105,116,134,157,195],"identifies":[93],"takes":[95],"action":[96],"profiles":[99],"network.":[103],"is":[106],"composed":[107],"three":[109],"tiers":[110,177],"protection:":[112],"(1)":[113],"offline":[115,133],"protects":[118,140],"all":[119],"searching":[122],"for":[123,151],"profile":[124],"data":[125],"duplicity":[126],"combined":[127],"with":[128,135,182],"suspicious":[129],"signals;":[130],"(2)":[131],"stricter":[136],"logic":[137],"proactively":[139],"high-profile":[141],"population":[144],"segments":[145],"have":[147,170,192],"historically":[148],"been":[149,171],"targeted":[150,173,188,252],"impersonation;":[152],"(3)":[154],"online":[156],"provides":[159],"low-latency":[160],"protection":[161],"manually":[164],"curated":[165],"list":[166],"individuals":[168],"actively":[172],"impersonation.":[175],"build":[178],"one":[180],"another":[181],"decreasing":[183],"detection":[184],"latency":[185],"coverage.":[190],"We":[191],"deployed":[193],"our":[194],"professional":[198],"network":[200],"LinkedIn":[201],"drastically":[203],"reduced":[204],"extent":[206],"abuse":[209],"LinkedIn.":[211,255],"Specifically,":[212],"observed":[214],"reduction":[216,240],"impersonator":[219],"median":[220],"time-to-detect":[221],"than":[224,228],"$98%$,":[225],"fourfold":[229],"improvement":[230],"recall":[232],"(as":[233],"measured":[234],"monthly":[237],"basis)":[238],"over":[241],"$95%$":[242],"number":[245],"reports":[248],"most":[251],"company":[253]},"counts_by_year":[],"updated_date":"2025-11-06T03:46:38.306776","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}