: Malicious Chrome extensions and "theme" tools have been used to hijack over 500,000 VK accounts, manipulating settings and subscribing users to attacker-controlled groups.
: While focused on censorship, this paper provides critical context on the safety and privacy risks inherent in the VK ecosystem. An Analysis of In-Platform Censorship on Russia's VKontakte skachat programmu vk golosa 2017
While there is no single academic "paper" specifically titled after that exact search phrase, there are several cybersecurity research reports and papers that analyze the malware and scam campaigns associated with "free VK votes" ( VK golosa ) and similar tools from that era. : Malicious Chrome extensions and "theme" tools have
: A ResearchGate paper from 2020 that discusses the "VK-scraper" tool and how malicious accounts (often created via these fake software downloads) are identified by the platform. : A ResearchGate paper from 2020 that discusses