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This paper proposes a novel solution to spam detection inspired by a model of the adaptive immune system known as the crossregulation model. We report on the testing of a preliminary algorithm on six e-mail corpora. We also compare our…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2008-12-05 Alaa Abi-Haidar , Luis M. Rocha

We present an approach to email filtering based on the suffix tree data structure. A method for the scoring of emails using the suffix tree is developed and a number of scoring and score normalisation functions are tested. Our results show…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2007-05-23 Rajesh M. Pampapathi , Boris Mirkin , Mark Levene

Recently, spam on online social networks has attracted attention in the research and business world. Twitter has become the preferred medium to spread spam content. Many research efforts attempted to encounter social networks spam. Twitter…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-11-21 Nazeeh Ghatasheh , Ismail Altaharwa , Khaled Aldebei

E-mail is probably the most popular application on the Internet, with everyday business and personal communications dependent on it. Spam or unsolicited e-mail has been estimated to cost businesses significant amounts of money. However, our…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2010-08-20 Farnaz Moradi , Tomas Olovsson , Philippas Tsigas

In this work we are concerned with the detection of spam in video sharing social networks. Specifically, we investigate how much visual content-based analysis can aid in detecting spam in videos. This is a very challenging task, because of…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2011-04-29 Antonio da Luz , Eduardo Valle , Arnaldo Araujo

Due to the rapid growth in technology employed by the spammers, there is a need of classifiers that are more efficient, generic and highly adaptive. Neural Network based technologies have high ability of adaption as well as generalization.…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2015-02-13 Ashish Chandra , Mohammad Suaib , Dr. Rizwan Beg

Corporate mail services are designed to perform better than public mail services. Fast mail delivery, large size file transfer as an attachments, high level spam and virus protection, commercial advertisement free environment are some of…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2016-11-17 Dhinaharan Nagamalai , Cynthia Dhinakaran , Jae Kwang Lee

Phishing emails are the first step for many of today's attacks. They come with a simple hyperlink, request for action or a full replica of an existing service or website. The goal is generally to trick the user to voluntarily give away his…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2020-04-22 Suhail Paliath , Mohammad Abu Qbeitah , Monther Aldwairi

Spam mitigation can be broadly classified into two main approaches: a) centralized security infrastructures that rely on a limited number of trusted monitors to detect and report malicious traffic; and b) highly distributed systems that…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2009-08-28 Michael Sirivianos , Xiaowei Yang , Kyungbaek Kim

The increase in people's use of mobile messaging services has led to the spread of social engineering attacks like phishing, considering that spam text is one of the main factors in the dissemination of phishing attacks to steal sensitive…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2022-05-10 Mai A. Shaaban , Yasser F. Hassan , Shawkat K. Guirguis

Nowadays, a big part of people rely on available content in social media in their decisions (e.g. reviews and feedback on a topic or product). The possibility that anybody can leave a review provide a golden opportunity for spammers to…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2017-03-13 Saeedreza Shehnepoor , Mostafa Salehi , Reza Farahbakhsh , Noel Crespi

In this research, we aim to explore the potential of natural language models (NLMs) such as GPT-3 and GPT-2 to generate effective phishing emails. Phishing emails are fraudulent messages that aim to trick individuals into revealing…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2023-01-03 Rabimba Karanjai

The exponential growth of spam text on the Internet necessitates robust detection mechanisms to mitigate risks such as information leakage and social instability. This work addresses two principal challenges: adversarial strategies employed…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-07-25 Zhijie Wang , Zixin Xu , Zhiyuan Pan

In the modern era, mobile phones have become ubiquitous, and Short Message Service (SMS) has grown to become a multi-million-dollar service due to the widespread adoption of mobile devices and the millions of people who use SMS daily.…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2024-06-12 Dare Azeez Oyeyemi , Adebola K. Ojo

The identification of spam messages on social networks is a very challenging task. Social media sites like Twitter \& Facebook attracts a lot of users and companies to advertise and attract users of personal gains. These advertisements most…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2020-10-27 Prakamya Mishra

Cybercriminals have found in online social networks a propitious medium to spread spam and malicious content. Existing techniques for detecting spam include predicting the trustworthiness of accounts and analyzing the content of these…

Malicious emails including Phishing, Spam, and Scam are one significant class of cyber social engineering attacks. Despite numerous defenses to counter them, the problem remains largely open. The ineffectiveness of current defenses can be…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-01-07 Theodore Longtchi , Rosana Montañez Rodriguez , Kora Gwartney , Ekzhin Ear , David P. Azari , Christopher P. Kelley , Shouhuai Xu

Social networking websites face a constant barrage of spam, unwanted messages that distract, annoy, and even defraud honest users. These messages tend to be very short, making them difficult to identify in isolation. Furthermore, spammers…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2020-01-30 Jonathan Brophy , Daniel Lowd

Nowadays, with the rise of Internet access and mobile devices around the globe, more people are using social networks for collaboration and receiving real-time information. Twitter, the microblogging that is becoming a critical source of…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2020-12-02 Sepideh Bazzaz Abkenar , Mostafa Haghi Kashani , Mohammad Akbari , Ebrahim Mahdipour

Phishing email attacks are among the most common and most harmful cybersecurity attacks. With the emergence of generative AI, phishing attacks can be based on emails generated automatically, making it more difficult to detect them. That is,…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-05-10 Chibuike Samuel Eze , Lior Shamir