Online Social Deception and Its Countermeasures: A Survey

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dc.contributor.authorGuo, Zhenen
dc.contributor.authorCho, Jin-Heeen
dc.contributor.authorChen, Ing-Rayen
dc.contributor.authorSengupta, Srijanen
dc.contributor.authorHong, Michinen
dc.contributor.authorMitra, Tanushreeen
dc.contributor.departmentComputer Scienceen
dc.date.accessioned2021-06-10T18:36:15Zen
dc.date.available2021-06-10T18:36:15Zen
dc.date.issued2021-01-05en
dc.description.abstractWe are living in an era when online communication over social network services (SNSs) have become an indispensable part of people's everyday lives. As a consequence, online social deception (OSD) in SNSs has emerged as a serious threat in cyberspace, particularly for users vulnerable to such cyberattacks. Cyber attackers have exploited the sophisticated features of SNSs to carry out harmful OSD activities, such as financial fraud, privacy threat, or sexual/labor exploitation. Therefore, it is critical to understand OSD and develop effective countermeasures against OSD for building trustworthy SNSs. In this paper, we conduct an extensive survey, covering 1) the multidisciplinary concept of social deception; 2) types of OSD attacks and their unique characteristics compared to other social network attacks and cybercrimes; 3) comprehensive defense mechanisms embracing prevention, detection, and response (or mitigation) against OSD attacks along with their pros and cons; 4) datasets/metrics used for validation and verification; and 5) legal and ethical concerns related to OSD research. Based on this survey, we provide insights into the effectiveness of countermeasures and the lessons learned from the existing literature. We conclude our survey with in-depth discussions on the limitations of the state-of-the-art and suggest future research directions in OSD research.en
dc.description.versionPublished versionen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2020.3047337en
dc.identifier.issn2169-3536en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/103757en
dc.identifier.volume9en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 Internationalen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/en
dc.subjectOnline social deceptionen
dc.subjectcyberattacksen
dc.subjectsecurityen
dc.subjectdefenseen
dc.subjectpreventionen
dc.subjectdetectionen
dc.subjectand responseen
dc.subjectsocial mediaen
dc.subjectonline social networksen
dc.titleOnline Social Deception and Its Countermeasures: A Surveyen
dc.title.serialIEEE Accessen
dc.typeArticle - Refereeden
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