Researchers open source tools to identify Twitter bots at scale | DDoSInfo – Information about DDoS and Denial of Service Attacks

Duo Security published technical research and methodology detailing how to identify automated Twitter accounts, known as bots, at a mass scale. Using machine learning algorithms to identify bot accounts across their dataset, Duo Labs researchers also unraveled a sophisticated cryptocurrency scam botnet consisting of at least 15,000 bots, and identified tactics used by malicious bots to appear legitimate and avoid detection, among other findings. The research From May to July 2018, researchers collected and analyzed … More ? The post Researchers open source tools to identify Twitter bots at scale appeared first on Help Net Security .