Online social network profile data extraction for vulnerability analysis
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The increase in social computing has provided the situation where large amounts of personal information are being posted online. This makes people vulnerable to social engineering attacks because their personal details are readily available. Our automated approach for personal data extraction was developed to extract personal details and top friends from MySpace profiles and place them into a repository. An online social network graph was generated from the repository data where nodes represent peoples’ profiles. Analysis was carried out into what factors affect node vulnerability. The graph analysis identified structural features of the nodes, e.g., clustering coefficient, indegree and outdegree, which contribute towards vulnerability. From this, it was found that the number of neighbours and the clustering coefficient were major factors in making a node vulnerable because of the potential to spread personal details around the network. These results provide a good foundation for future work on online vulnerability in online social networks (OSNs).
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