Devious Chatbots - Interactive Malware with a Plot

Jonathan, Pan Juin Yang; Fung, Chun Che; Wong, Kok Wai

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-03986-7_13

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“…Similarly, Trivedi et al [15] used honeypots to analyze network and content characteristics of spim. Although not directly related to chat or instant messaging, Jonathan et al [16] discuss the problem of socially interactive malware.…”

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Humans and Bots in Internet Chat: Measurement, Analysis, and Automated Classification

Gianvecchio

Xie

et al. 2011

IEEE/ACM Trans. Networking

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Abstract-The abuse of chat services by automated programs, known as chat bots, poses a serious threat to Internet users. Chat bots target popular chat networks to distribute spam and malware. In this paper, we first conduct a series of measurements on a large commercial chat network. Our measurements capture a total of 16 different types of chat bots ranging from simple to advanced. Moreover, we observe that human behavior is more complex than bot behavior. Based on the measurement study, we propose a classification system to accurately distinguish chat bots from human users. The proposed classification system consists of two components: 1) an entropy-based classifier; and 2) a Bayesian-based classifier. The two classifiers complement each other in chat bot detection. The entropy-based classifier is more accurate to detect unknown chat bots, whereas the Bayesian-based classifier is faster to detect known chat bots. Our experimental evaluation shows that the proposed classification system is highly effective in differentiating bots from humans.

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Section: Related Workmentioning

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Humans and Bots in Internet Chat: Measurement, Analysis, and Automated Classification

Gianvecchio

Xie

et al. 2011

IEEE/ACM Trans. Networking

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Section: Using Stylometry To Tell Chat Bots From Humansmentioning

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“…Other studies were looking for chat bots used as malware, these chat bots mainly keep sending URLs repeatedly in their chat [59]. Zi and Sushil also used the URL ratio; their system has four components [60]: To the best of my knowledge, telling chat bots from humans using stylometry features was never done before.…”

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Text stylometry for chat bot identification and intelligence estimation.

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DEDICATIONThis dissertation is dedicated to my parents and my wife who had been loving and patient throughout the way; I could never have done this without your blessing and support.Eng. Mohammad Abu Taha, who gave me the initiative to start, and supported me along the way. Dr. Elmaghraby, you were always like a big brother to us and would never let us down in times of need. Being the first person I knew here, you always supported me.I sincerely appreciate all your efforts to help me and the department.Dr. Imam, I remember the times when you taught me. I did learn a lot from your classes and enjoyed the experience.Dr. Chang, thanks for your advice and support during my course work and research work. I am so grateful for all that you have done. Thank you.Dr. Hardin, your class is a real-life experience. I enjoyed your style of teaching and would definitely benefit from that in my academic career. I appreciate your constant help, support and guidance throughout my academic experience.My wife Muna, you were the energy fueling my body and soul. It would have been impossible to achieve this without you by my side. You are the woman that I have dreamt of. You are very supportive, passionate and loving. I failed to think of anything that could be enough to pay you back. I will give my best to make you the happiest woman in the universe. May God help me accomplish this with our beautiful and wonderful kids.Shahrazad, my precious daughter and first child, you are an extremely passionate and a loving kid. I pray that you will accomplish all your dreams.Sief, my first baby boy, I hope that you will grow up strong and smart as you always have been. I pray that you too will accomplish all your dreams. v Malak, my little angel girl, I love you so much. I hope that you will be like your mother.Finally, my little one, the champ, Muhammad Ali, you bring the joy and happiness to all of us. We love you so much.My parents, I wish that I could get the chance to pay back a part of your sacrifices for me. I wish you be healthy and have a long life for me to make it up to you. vi ABSTRACT TEXT STYLOMETRY FOR CHAT BOT IDENTIFICATION AND INTELLIGENCE ESTIMATION Nawaf AliApril, 18 th , 2014Authorship identification is a technique used to identify the author of an unclaimed document, by attempting to find traits that will match those of the original author. Authorship identification has a great potential for applications in forensics. It can also be used in identifying chat bots, a form of intelligent software created to mimic the human conversations, by their unique style. The online criminal community is utilizing chat bots as a new way to steal private information and commit fraud and identity theft. The need for identifying chat bots by their style is becoming essential to overcome the danger of online criminal activities.Researchers realized the need to advance the understanding of chat bots and design programs to prevent criminal activities, whether it was an identity theft or even a terrorist threat. The more research work to advanc...

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