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Research Survey: Social Network Abuse

Posted on March 11, 2013 by kurt

I decided to compile a list of social networking papers that I’ve read. The list is likely incomplete, but gives shape to the current research pushes surrounding social network spam and abuse. Whenever appropriate, I detail the methodology for how… Continue Reading →

Twitter, Underground Economies

Manufacturing Compromise: The Emergence of Exploit-as-a-Service

Posted on August 13, 2012 by kurt

This post is based on research conducted in collaboration with Google, to appear in CCS 2012. A pdf is available under my publications. Any views or opinions discussed herein are my own and not those of Google. Driveby downloads —… Continue Reading →

Malware, Underground Economies
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The Spam Ecosystem: New Profits From Political Censorship

Posted on March 27, 2012 by kurt

This post is based on research from “Adapting Social Spam Infrastructure for Political Censorship” published in LEET 2012 – a pdf is available under my publications. Any views or opinions discussed herein are my own. In recent years social networks… Continue Reading →

Twitter, Underground Economies
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Suspended Accounts In Retrospect

Posted on October 18, 2011 by kurt

This post is based on research from IMC 2011 – a pdf is available under my publications. Any views or opinions discussed herein are my own and are based solely on research I conducted prior to working at Twitter. As… Continue Reading →

Twitter, Underground Economies

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I'm a research scientist at Google working on security, fraud, and abuse. Contact me at kurt.a.thomas AT gmail.com or @inwyrd.

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