Canadian company Mr. nisos cyber security released a usage report botnet gable for the “large-scale” manipulation of topical issues in social media. In accordance with Nisosa botnet (a network of computers infected malware remote controlled) controlled 0day Technologybased in Moscow, which has contracts with FSBRussian special service.

Fronton Botnet May Spread Disinformation

Explaining a little more about the concept botnetshe doesn’t malwarebut its creation depends on infection computer with some kind of malware. If there are several infected computers cybercriminal can use their network of “zombies” for various purposes such as DDoS cyber attackinfect other PCs, mine cryptocurrencies or, as is the case with gablemanipulate social media cases with thousands of fake accounts.

OUR gable (such as the Russian botnet was baptized) installed a dashboard (called SANA) on the computer to create fake accounts in social media and posted various misleading content on websites. with thousands PC in botnet, 0day Technologies could organize multiple publications remotely by selecting a topic, publication time, and so on. These “events” are called “Newsbreak” in SANA (an English word that defines the concept of breaking news, news of the time). Using multiple fake accounts, the administrator botnet can spread various fake news and influence millions of users social media.

Russia Has a History of Online Disinformation

The Russian government has already been accused of manipulating American public opinion during the 2016 US presidential election. Sandworm hacker group be officially associated with the country’s defense departments. publication Nisos also shows that one of the goals 0day there was a giant squirrel statue in Kazakhstan. The cybersecurity company believes that the use of botnet influenced the message that BBC did on the topic.

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