Category Archives: social networks security

Two Ph.D. student vacancies

There are two Ph.D. student positions available at my research group LERSSE. Ph.D. students are accepted with full support in the form of research assistantships and positions are available for starting in September 2012. Application deadline is December 1!

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On vulnerability of Facebook users to social botnets

How likely for a Facebook user to accept a friendship request from a stranger (albeit a pretty/handsome one)? By how much do such chances correlate with “promiscuity” of the user in terms of FB friends? Can such requests be automated? … Continue reading

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