Detection of malicious social bots: A survey and a refined taxonomy

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Highlights：

• A comprehensive survey on social bot detection from a social network perspective.

• A refined taxonomy of social bot detection techniques is presented.

• Strengths and limitations of detection approaches are discussed.

• Countermeasures and future research directions are identified.

摘要

•A comprehensive survey on social bot detection from a social network perspective.•A refined taxonomy of social bot detection techniques is presented.•Strengths and limitations of detection approaches are discussed.•Countermeasures and future research directions are identified.

论文关键词：Security,Online social networks,Social bots,Taxonomy,Malicious behavior

论文评审过程：Received 19 December 2019, Revised 26 February 2020, Accepted 12 March 2020, Available online 14 March 2020, Version of Record 20 March 2020.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2020.113383