Skip to main content

Sybil Account Detection in Social Network Using Deep Neural Network

  • Conference paper
  • First Online:
Proceedings of the International Conference on Intelligent Vision and Computing (ICIVC 2021) (ICIVC 2021)

Abstract

Everyone's social life was intertwined with internet social networks during the show's run. These objectives have resulted in a significant shift in how we seek fulfillment in our social lives. Making new friends and staying in touch with them, as well as keeping up with their progress, has become less difficult. However, due to their rapid growth, issues such as sybil (false) profiles and online impersonation have arisen. According to a subsequent analysis, the number of accounts that appear within social media is significantly lower than the number of people who use it. This implies that sybil profiles have been increased in the long run. Recognizing these sybil profiles poses a challenge for online social media providers. There is no feasible course of action available to address these issues. In this paper, we developed a machine learning method for revealing sybil profiles that is feasible and competent. In this section, we will use business classification techniques based on Notable Neural Organize calculation to classify the professionals.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this chapter

Subscribe and save

Springer+ Basic
$34.99 /Month
  • Get 10 units per month
  • Download Article/Chapter or eBook
  • 1 Unit = 1 Article or 1 Chapter
  • Cancel anytime
Subscribe now

Buy Now

Chapter
USD 29.95
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
eBook
USD 189.00
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book
USD 249.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book
USD 249.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Purchases are for personal use only

Institutional subscriptions

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  1. Van Der Estee, W., Jan, E.: Using machine learning to detect fake identities: bots vs humans. IEEE Access 6, 6540–6549 (2018)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  2. Muhammad, A.-Q., Mabrook, A.-R., Atif, A., Majed, A.: Sybil defense techniques in online social networks: a survey. In: IEEE (2017)

    Google Scholar 

  3. Mansour, A., Abdulrahman, A., AbdulMalik, A.-S., Mohammed, A., Abdulmajeed, A.: TSD: Detecting Sybil Accounts in Twitter. In: IEEE (2016)

    Google Scholar 

  4. Singh, N., Sharma, T., Thakral, A., Choudhury, T.: Detection of fake profile in online social networks using machine learning. In: IEEE (2018)

    Google Scholar 

  5. Secchiero, M.: FakeBook : Detecting fake profiles in on-line social networks. In: IEEE (2012)

    Google Scholar 

  6. El Azab, A., Idrees, A.M., Mahmoud, M.A., Hefny, H.: Sybil account detection in twitter based on minimum weighted feature set. In: IEEE (2016)

    Google Scholar 

  7. Maind, M.S.B.: Research paper on basic of artificial neural network. In: IJRITCC (2014)

    Google Scholar 

  8. Shuang-Hong, Y., Bo, L., Alex, S., Narayanan, S., Zhaohui, Z., Hongyuan, Z.: Like like alike: joint friendship and interest propagation in social networks. In: Proceedings of the 20th WWW, pp. 537–546 (2011)

    Google Scholar 

  9. Gupta, G.K.: Introduction to Data Mining with Case Studies. Prentice Hall, India (2008)

    Google Scholar 

  10. Chattamvelli, R.: Data Mining Methods. Narosa (2010)

    Google Scholar 

  11. Kannan, S., Gurusamy, V.: Preprocessing Techniques for Text Mining (2015)

    Google Scholar 

  12. Adikari, S., Dutta, K.: Identifying sybil profiles in LinkedIn. In: PACIS 2014 Proceedings, AISeL (2014)

    Google Scholar 

  13. Adebowale, M.A., Lwin, K.T., Hossain, M.A.: Intelligent phishing detection scheme using deep learning algorithms. J. Enterprise Inform. Manag. (2020). https://doi.org/10.1108/jeim-01-2020-0036

  14. Shorten, C., Khoshgoftaar, T.M.: A survey on image data augmentation for deep learning. J. Big Data 6(1), (2019)

    Google Scholar 

  15. Gong, Q., et al.: Deepscan: exploiting deep learning for malicious account detection in location-based social networks. IEEE Commun. Mag. 56, 21–27 (2018)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  16. Pang, G., Shen, C., Cao, L., Hengel, A.V.D.: Deep learning for anomaly detection. ACM Comput. Surv. 54(2), 1–38 (2021)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  17. Su, X., et al.: A comprehensive survey on community detection with deep learning. arXiv preprint arXiv:2105.12584 (2021)

    Google Scholar 

  18. Zhang, Q.-S., Zhu, S.-C.: Visual interpretability for deep learning: a survey. Frontiers Inform. Technol. Electronic Eng. 19(1), 27–39 (2018)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  19. Erfani, S.M., Rajasegarar, S., Karunasekera, S., Leckie, C.: High- dimensional and large-scale anomaly detection using a linear one-class SVM with deep learning. Pattern Recognit. 58, 121–134 (2016)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  20. Bulusu, S., Kailkhura, B., Li, B., Varshney, P.K., Song, D.: Anomalous instance detection in deep learning: a survey. arXiv: preprint arXiv:2003.06979 (2020)

    Google Scholar 

  21. Kwon, D., Kim, H., Kim, J., Suh, S.C., Kim, I., Kim, K.J.: A survey of deep learning-based network anomaly detection. Clust. Comput. 22(1), 949–961 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10586-017-1117-8

    Article  Google Scholar 

  22. Wang, R., Nie, K., Wang, T., Yang, Y., Long, B.: Deep learning for anomaly detection. In: WSDM, pp. 894–896 (2020)

    Google Scholar 

  23. Wang, H., Zhou, C., Wu, J., Dang, W., Zhu, X., Wang, J.: Deep structure learning for fraud detection. In: ICDM, pp. 567–576 (2018)

    Google Scholar 

  24. Li, P., Chen, X., Jing, L., He, Z., Yu, G.: Swisslog: Robust and unified deep learning based log anomaly detection for diverse faults. In: ISSRE, pp. 92–103 (2020)

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

Authors

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Ankita Nigam .

Editor information

Editors and Affiliations

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 2022 The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG

About this paper

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this paper

Verma, P., Nigam, A., Tiwari, G., Mallesham, G. (2022). Sybil Account Detection in Social Network Using Deep Neural Network. In: Sharma, H., Vyas, V.K., Pandey, R.K., Prasad, M. (eds) Proceedings of the International Conference on Intelligent Vision and Computing (ICIVC 2021). ICIVC 2021. Proceedings in Adaptation, Learning and Optimization, vol 15. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-97196-0_11

Download citation

Publish with us

Policies and ethics