作者: Jiebo Luo , Philip S. Yu , Zhenhua Dong , Yingtong Dou , Weijian Li
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摘要: Download fraud is a prevalent threat in mobile App markets, where fraudsters manipulate the number of downloads Apps via various cheating approaches. Purchased fake can mislead recommendation and search algorithms further lead to bad user experience markets. In this paper, we investigate download problem based on company's Market, which one most popular Android We release honeypot Market purchase from fraudster agents track activities wild. Based our interaction with fraudsters, categorize into three types according their intentions: boosting front end downloads, optimizing ranking, enhancing acquisition&retention rate. For aimed at select, evaluate, validate several features identifying billions data. To get comprehensive understanding fraud, gather stances marketers, agencies, market operators fraud. The followed analysis suggestions shed light ways mitigate markets other social platforms. best knowledge, first work that investigates