Cresci, Stefano

Fame for sale: Efficient detection of fake Twitter followers

Cresci, S., Di Pietro, R., Petrocchi, M., Spognardi, A., & Tesconi, M. (2015) · Decision Support Systems

Spam and Phishing DetectionMisinformation and Its Impacts

Cited by 475

The Paradigm-Shift of Social Spambots: Evidence, Theories, and Tools for the Arms Race

Cresci, S., Di Pietro, R., Petrocchi, M., Spognardi, A., & Tesconi, M. (2017) · Proceedings of the 26th International Conference on World Wide Web Companion - WWW '17 Companion

Spam and Phishing DetectionMisinformation and Its Impacts

Cited by 381

A decade of social bot detection

Cresci, S. (2020) · Communications of the ACM

Spam and Phishing DetectionMisinformation and Its Impacts

Cited by 323

DNA-Inspired Online Behavioral Modeling and Its Application to Spambot Detection

Cresci, S., Di Pietro, R., Petrocchi, M., Spognardi, A., & Tesconi, M. (2016) · IEEE Intelligent Systems

Spam and Phishing DetectionUser Authentication and Security Systems

Cited by 194

Social fingerprinting: detection of spambot groups through DNA-inspired behavioral modeling

Cresci, S., Di Pietro, R., Petrocchi, M., Spognardi, A., & Tesconi, M. (2017) · IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing

Spam and Phishing DetectionMisinformation and Its Impacts

Cited by 168

RTbust: Exploiting Temporal Patterns for Botnet Detection on Twitter

Mazza, M., Cresci, S., Avvenuti, M., Quattrociocchi, W., & Tesconi, M. (2019) · Proceedings of the 10th ACM Conference on Web Science

Spam and Phishing DetectionMisinformation and Its Impacts

Cited by 163

Charting the Landscape of Online Cryptocurrency Manipulation

Nizzoli, L., Tardelli, S., Avvenuti, M., Cresci, S., Tesconi, M., & Ferrara, E. (2020) · IEEE Access

Spam and Phishing DetectionCybercrime and Law Enforcement Studies

Cited by 132

Cashtag Piggybacking: Uncovering Spam and Bot Activity in Stock Microblogs on Twitter

Cresci, S., Lillo, F., Regoli, D., Tardelli, S., & Tesconi, M. (2019) · ACM Transactions on the Web

Spam and Phishing DetectionMisinformation and Its Impacts

Cited by 105

Coordinated Behavior on Social Media in 2019 UK General Election

Nizzoli, L., Tardelli, S., Avvenuti, M., Cresci, S., & Tesconi, M. (2021) · Proceedings of the International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media

Misinformation and Its ImpactsComplex Network Analysis Techniques

Cited by 95

Coordinated inauthentic behavior and information spreading on twitter

Cinelli, M., Cresci, S., Quattrociocchi, W., Tesconi, M., & Zola, P. (2022) · Decision Support Systems

Complex Network Analysis TechniquesMisinformation and Its Impacts

Cited by 74

Better Safe Than Sorry: An Adversarial Approach to Improve Social Bot Detection

Cresci, S., Petrocchi, M., Spognardi, A., & Tognazzi, S. (2019) · Proceedings of the 10th ACM Conference on Web Science

Spam and Phishing DetectionMisinformation and Its Impacts

Cited by 52

Emergent properties, models, and laws of behavioral similarities within groups of twitter users

Cresci, S., Di Pietro, R., Petrocchi, M., Spognardi, A., & Tesconi, M. (2020) · Computer Communications

Spam and Phishing DetectionComplex Network Analysis Techniques

Cited by 40

A Criticism to Society (As Seen by Twitter Analytics)

Cresci, S., Petrocchi, M., Spognardi, A., Tesconi, M., & Pietro, R. D. (2014) · 2014 IEEE 34th International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems Workshops

Misinformation and Its ImpactsSpam and Phishing Detection

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New Automation for Social Bots: From Trivial Behavior to AI-Powered Communication

Grimme, C., Pohl, J., Cresci, S., Lüling, R., & Preuss, M. (2022) · Lecture Notes in Computer Science

Misinformation and Its ImpactsSpam and Phishing Detection

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