Prevention Is Better than Cure: Exposing the Vulnerabilities of Social Bot Detectors with Realistic Simulations

The evolution of social bots, i.e., accounts on social media platforms controlled by malicious software, is making them increasingly more challenging to discover. A practical solution is to explore the adversarial nature of novel bots and find the vulnerability of bot detectors in simulations in adv...

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Main Authors: Rui Jin, Yong Liao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2025-06-01
Series:Applied Sciences
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/15/11/6230
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