Profilegen: Generation of automatic and realistic artificial profiles

Abigail Paradise, Dvir Cohen, Asaf Shabtai, Rami Puzis

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Abstract

One of the most effective approaches for detecting malicious activity in online social networks (OSNs) involves the use of social network honeypots - artificial profiles. Therefore, there is a growing need for the ability to reliably generate realistic artificial honeypot profiles in OSNs. In this research we present 'ProfileGen' - a method for the automated generation of profiles for professional social networks, giving particular attention to producing realistic education and employment records. 'ProfileGen' creates honeypot profiles that are similar to actual data by extrapolating the characteristics and properties of real data items. Evaluation by 70 domain experts confirms the method's ability to generate realistic artificial profiles that are indistinguishable from real profiles, demonstrating that our method can be applied to generate realistic artificial profiles for a wide range of applications.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 2018 IEEE/ACM International Conference on Advances in Social Networks Analysis and Mining, ASONAM 2018
EditorsAndrea Tagarelli, Chandan Reddy, Ulrik Brandes
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Pages581-583
Number of pages3
ISBN (Electronic)9781538660515
DOIs
StatePublished - 24 Oct 2018
Event10th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Advances in Social Networks Analysis and Mining, ASONAM 2018 - Barcelona, Spain
Duration: 28 Aug 201831 Aug 2018

Publication series

NameProceedings of the 2018 IEEE/ACM International Conference on Advances in Social Networks Analysis and Mining, ASONAM 2018

Conference

Conference10th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Advances in Social Networks Analysis and Mining, ASONAM 2018
Country/TerritorySpain
CityBarcelona
Period28/08/1831/08/18

Keywords

  • Artificial profiles
  • Social network
  • Socialbots

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Communication
  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Information Systems and Management

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