روسی فرنٹن بوٹنیٹ بڑے پیمانے پر DDoS حملوں سے کہیں زیادہ کر سکتا ہے۔
حال ہی میں, Nisos published a new study describing the inner workings of the unusual Russian botnet Fronton.
مجھے آپ کو یاد دلانے دو کہ ہم نے یہ بھی لکھا ہے The Appearance of Cheap Russian ڈارک کرسٹل چوہا مالویئر نے ماہرین کو پریشان کیا.
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.
کے مطابق Nisos, Fronton is “a system for coordinated non-authentic behavior,” اور SANA’s custom software shows that the botnet’s true goal may be the rapid and automatic spread of disinformation and propaganda.
آپ کو یہ جاننے میں بھی دلچسپی ہو سکتی ہے۔ Darknet sites of the ریویل group are working again: روسیوں کو جنگل میں سائبر کرائمینلز جاری کریں?
SANA consists of many features, including:
- خبریں: 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. اس کے علاوہ, the user can set a schedule for posts and adjust the number of likes, تبصرے, and reactions that the bot should generate. The botnet operator can also specify how many “friends” the bot account should have.
