Russian Fronton Botnet може да направи много повече от масивни DDoS атаки
Recently, Nisos published a new study describing the inner workings of the unusual Russian botnet Fronton.
Let me remind you that we also wrote that The Appearance of Cheap Russian DarkCrystal RAT Malware Worried Experts.
Fronton first emerged in 2020, when the hacktivist group Digital Revolution hacked into an FSB contractor and released white papers demonstrating the creation of a botnet on behalf of the FSB (Federal Security Service).
Until recently, it was believed that the botnet was designed to carry out large-scale DDoS attacks. According to Fronton’s analysis of additional documents, DDoS attacks are only part of the botnet’s capabilities.
According to Nisos, Fronton is “a system for coordinated non-authentic behavior,” и SANA’s custom software shows that the botnet’s true goal may be the rapid and automatic spread of disinformation and propaganda.
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SANA consists of many features, including:
- Новини: tracks messages, trends and responses to them;
- Groups: manages bots;
- Behavior models: creates bots that impersonate social media users;
- Reaction models: reacts to messages and content;
- Dictionaries: stores phrases, words, quotes, reactions and comments for use in social networks;
- Albums: Stores sets of images for platform bot accounts.
SANA also allows the user to create social media accounts with generated email addresses and phone numbers, and distribute content online. In addition, the user can set a schedule for posts and adjust the number of likes, comments, and reactions that the bot should generate. The botnet operator can also specify how many “friends” the bot account should have.
