Fake news propagation is a complex phenomenon influenced by a multitude of factors
whose identification and impact assessment is challenging. Although many models have …

The COVID‐19 pandemic coincided with an equally‐threatening scamdemic: a global
epidemic of scams and frauds. The unprecedented cybersecurity concerns emerged during …

The metaverse promises a host of bright opportunities for business, economics, and society.
Though, a number of critical aspects are still to be considered and the analysis of their …

The subreddit r/The_Donald was repeatedly denounced as a toxic and misbehaving online
community, reasons for which it faced a sequence of moderation interventions by Reddit …

In the context of current crises following COVID-19 and growing global economic
uncertainties, the issues regarding financial transactions with FINTECH are increasingly …

Cognitive warfare—controlling others' mental states and behaviors by manipulating
environmental stimuli—is a significant and ever-evolving issue in global conflict and …

Cryptojacking occurs when an adversary illicitly runs crypto-mining software over the
devices of unaware users. This novel cybersecurity attack, that is emerging in both the …

We are witnessing a growing concern around the impact of hyper-realistic synthetic media
and its dissemination in what is widely known as" deepfakes." However, the phenomenon's …

Large-scale manipulations on social media have two important characteristics:(i) they use
propaganda to influence others, and (ii) they adopt coordinated behavior to spread …

Large-scale online campaigns, malicious or otherwise, require a significant degree of
coordination among participants, which sparked interest in the study of coordinated online …