143 citations · 263 across the 25 of their papers we have counts for
11 papers · 1 filter
Slapping Cats, Bopping Heads, and Oreo Shakes: Understanding Indicators of Virality in TikTok Short Videos
Chen Ling, Jeremy Blackburn, Emiliano De Cristofaro +1
Short videos have become one of the leading media used by younger generations to express themselves online and thus a driving force in shaping online culture. In this context, TikT…
Soros, Child Sacrifices, and 5G: Understanding the Spread of Conspiracy Theories on Web Communities
Pujan Paudel, Jeremy Blackburn, Emiliano De Cristofaro +2
This paper presents a multi-platform computational pipeline geared to identify social media posts discussing (known) conspiracy theories. We use 189 conspiracy claims collected by…
An Early Look at the Gettr Social Network
Pujan Paudel, Jeremy Blackburn, Emiliano De Cristofaro +2
This paper presents the first data-driven analysis of Gettr, a new social network platform launched by former US President Donald Trump's team. Among other things, we find that use…
A Large-scale Temporal Measurement of Android Malicious Apps: Persistence, Migration, and Lessons Learned
Yun Shen, Pierre-Antoine Vervier, Gianluca Stringhini
We study the temporal dynamics of potentially harmful apps (PHAs) on Android by leveraging 8.8M daily on-device detections collected among 11.7M customers of a popular mobile secur…
"I'm a Professor, which isn't usually a dangerous job": Internet-Facilitated Harassment and its Impact on Researchers
Periwinkle Doerfler, Andrea Forte, Emiliano De Cristofaro +3
While the Internet has dramatically increased the exposure that research can receive, it has also facilitated harassment against scholars. To understand the impact that these attac…
Marked for Disruption: Tracing the Evolution of Malware Delivery Operations Targeted for Takedown
Colin C. Ife, Yun Shen, Steven J. Murdoch +1
The malware and botnet phenomenon is among the most significant threats to cybersecurity today. Consequently, law enforcement agencies, security companies, and researchers are cons…