Identical positions
Posted: Wed Feb 19, 2025 11:05 am
Raw data of the tweets posted by bot accounts ahead of the elections in Malaysia (Source. Sysomos)
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Because most bots are very simple computer programs , they are unable to produce authentic content. As a result, most bots tweet identical messages .
DFRLab’s analysis of a Twitter campaign calling for the colombia cell phone number list cancellation of an Islamophobic cartoon contest in the Netherlands revealed dozens of accounts posting identical tweets. While the individual accounts were too new to have clear bot indicators, their group behavior revealed them as likely part of the same botnet.
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3. Pseudonyms
Another way to identify large botnets is to look at the processing patterns of suspicious accounts. Bot creators often use the same processing pattern to name their bots. For example, in January 2018, DFRLab encountered a likely botnet in which each bot had an eight-digit number at the end of its pseudonym.
( Source . Twitter / @jreichelt / Archived link )
Another trick is consistent alphanumeric handles . Bots in a botnet discovered by DFRLab before the Malaysian elections all used 15-symbol alphanumeric handles.
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Because most bots are very simple computer programs , they are unable to produce authentic content. As a result, most bots tweet identical messages .
DFRLab’s analysis of a Twitter campaign calling for the colombia cell phone number list cancellation of an Islamophobic cartoon contest in the Netherlands revealed dozens of accounts posting identical tweets. While the individual accounts were too new to have clear bot indicators, their group behavior revealed them as likely part of the same botnet.
via GIPHY
3. Pseudonyms
Another way to identify large botnets is to look at the processing patterns of suspicious accounts. Bot creators often use the same processing pattern to name their bots. For example, in January 2018, DFRLab encountered a likely botnet in which each bot had an eight-digit number at the end of its pseudonym.
( Source . Twitter / @jreichelt / Archived link )
Another trick is consistent alphanumeric handles . Bots in a botnet discovered by DFRLab before the Malaysian elections all used 15-symbol alphanumeric handles.