Journal article
Devious chatbots - interactive malware with a plot
Communications in Computer and Information Science, Vol.44(2), pp.110-118
2009
Abstract
Many social robots in the forms of conversation agents or Chatbots have been put to practical use in recent years. Their typical roles are online help or acting as a cyber agent representing an organisation. However, there exists a new form of devious chatbots lurking in the Internet. It is effectively an interactive malware seeking to lure its prey not through vicious assault, but with seductive conversation. It talks to its prey through the same channel that is normally used for human-to-human communication. These devious chatbots are using social engineering to attack the uninformed and unprepared victims. This type of attacks is becoming more pervasive with the advent of Web 2.0. This survey paper presents results from a research on how this breed of devious Malware is spreading, and what could be done to stop it.
Details
- Title
- Devious chatbots - interactive malware with a plot
- Authors/Creators
- J.Y. Pan (Author/Creator)C.C. Fung (Author/Creator) - Murdoch UniversityK.W. Wong (Author/Creator) - Murdoch University
- Publication Details
- Communications in Computer and Information Science, Vol.44(2), pp.110-118
- Publisher
- Springer Verlag
- Identifiers
- 991005544496507891
- Copyright
- © 2009 Springer-Verlag
- Murdoch Affiliation
- School of Information Technology
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
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