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The University of Innsbruck was founded in 1669 and is one of Austria’s oldest universities. Today, with over 28.000 students and 4.000 staff, it is western Austria’s largest institution of higher education and research. For further information visit: www.uibk.ac.at.

Cybercrime on Twitter: Shifting the User Back into Focus

Eva Zangerle, Günther Specht

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Twitter

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Motivation

• Twitter has 200 million active users• 400 million tweets sent per day• Click Through Rate on Twitter

Huge crowdReachUsers expose themselvesPersonal informationMoney! (hacked accounts, fake accounts)

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+355% Spam

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Current Research

• Detection of spam• Characteristics of spamming accounts• Detection algorithms

• Analysis and observation of cyber-criminals and their behavior• Networks of spammers• Content of messages

• Analysis of user behavior• Reaction of users after being hacked

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Focus on Users!

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Consequences for Research

Study user behavior

Support the user

Get the big picture

Get Interdisciplinary

Work together

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Interested in working with us?Questions?

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