Cybersecurity Misinformation Detection on Social Media: Case Studies on Phishing Reports and Zoom's Threats. (arXiv:2110.12296v3 [cs.CY] UPDATED)

Prior work has extensively studied misinformation related to news, politics,
and health, however, misinformation can also be about technological topics.
While less controversial, such misinformation can severely impact companies'
reputations and revenues, and users' online experiences. Recently, social media
has also been increasingly used as a novel source of knowledgebase for
extracting timely and relevant security threats, which are fed to the threat
intelligence systems for better performance. However, with possible campaigns
spreading false security threats, these systems can become …

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