Security News > 2022 > May > Fronton IOT Botnet Packs Disinformation Punch

A fresh look at the Fronton DDoS-focused botnet reveals the criminal tool has more capabilities than previously known.

The Fronton botnet first made the headline in March 2020.

Now the cybersecurity firm Nisos is reporting the Fronton malware goes beyond delivering DDoS attacks and can be used to create massive numbers of social media accounts that can then be used to shape opinion via social media manipulation.

After further analysis of the documents related to Fronton, the Nisos researcher assert that DDoS "Is only one of the many capabilities of the system Nisos analyzed the data and determined that Fronton is a system developed for coordinated inauthentic behavior on a massive scale," Nisos added.

Fronton, researchers say, doubles as a backend infrastructure for the social media disinformation.

The researcher added that Fronton operators have the capability to control the number of friends a fake bot should maintain, and integrate with a feature to store imagery for the bot.

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https://threatpost.com/fronton-botnet-disinformation/179721/