Tag: Definitions

Click farming refers to the practice of artificially inflating the number of likes, shares, or other metrics on social media ...

Social media bots, are automated software programs that interact with social media platforms, often with the purpose of manipulating social ...

Fake followers on social media refer to accounts or profiles that are artificially manipulated to appear as legitimate followers of ...

Clickjacking on social media is a type of cyber attack that tricks users into clicking on a hidden link on ...

Fake giveaways on social media refer to deceptive practices where individuals or entities create fraudulent promotions or contests on social ...

Hashtag Highjacking use hashtags to focus an attack (e.g. spam, malicious links) on a specific audience using the same hashtag.

Repost Storm use a parent Social Media Bot account, or martyr Social Media Bot, to initiate an attack by reposting ...

Sleeper Bots remain dormant for long periods of time, wake up to launch their attack of thousands of posts or ...

Trend Jacking Attack and Watering Hole Attack use top trending topics to focus on an intended audience for targeting purposes.

Allow social media hackers to make more money. They do this by selling stolen credentials to third-party companies looking to ...