Lies in the Air: Characterizing Fake-base-station Spam Ecosystem in China
Yiming Zhang, Baojun Liu, Chaoyi Lu, Zhou Li, Haixin Duan, Shuang Hao, Mingxuan Liu, Ying Liu, Dong Wang, Qiang Li
Abstract
Fake base station (FBS) has been exploited by criminals to attack mobile users by spamming fraudulent messages for over a decade. Despite that prior work has proposed several techniques to mitigate this issue, FBS spam is still a long-standing challenging issue in some countries, such as China, and causes billions of dollars of financial loss every year. Therefore, understanding and exploring the thematic strategies in the FBS spam ecosystem at a large scale would improve the defense mechanisms.
Topics & Concepts
SpammingComputer scienceChinaComputer securityInternet privacyBase stationEcosystemBusinessThe InternetWorld Wide WebTelecommunicationsGeographyEcologyBiologyArchaeologySpam and Phishing DetectionAdvanced Malware Detection TechniquesNetwork Security and Intrusion Detection