Facebook BlackHat Crash Course

Move beyond basic phishing. This module is a deep dive into the professional BlackHat’s toolkit for targeting Facebook. We cover the full kill chain: from initial reconnaissance and sophisticated account takeover (ATO) techniques, to building resilient automation, manipulating the news feed algorithm, and monetizing through the ad platform. Focus is on advanced, less-detected methods and long-term persistence within the Facebook ecosystem.

 

Content: What You Will Learn

Part 1: Advanced Reconnaissance & Profiling (The Setup)

• OSINT for Targeting:

  • Extracting hidden friends lists, photo metadata, and historical data via graph API queries and third-party archives.

  • Identifying high-value targets (Ad Account Managers, Page Admins) through their digital footprint.

• Infrastructure Preparation:

  • Bulletproof Hosting & Proxies: Sourcing and rotating residential IPs (e.g., Luminary, IPRoyal) to mimic real user behavior and avoid IP-based blocks.

  • User-Agent Spoofing: Crafting perfect mobile and browser fingerprints for automation tools.

Part 2: Sophisticated Account Compromise Techniques

• Session Hijacking & Cookie Stealing:

  • Deploying malicious browser extensions to harvest active c_user and xs tokens.

  • Using Android malware with keylogger & injector modules to steal Facebook session cookies from browsers.

  • Session Reloading: Using tools like Cookie Editor to import stolen sessions into a controlled browser, bypassing login credentials.

• SIM-Swap Attack Orchestration:

  • The complete process: doxing, carrier impersonation, and porting the number.

  • Utilizing the hijacked number to bypass 2FA via “Login with Phone Number.”

• Credential Stuffing & Custom Brute-Forcing:

  • Building targeted wordlists from target OSINT data (pet names, old passwords from breaches).

  • Using tools like OpenBullet with advanced configs to bypass login rate-limiting and IP checks by leveraging proxy rotators.

• Phishing 2.0:

  • Cloning the “Facebook Login Approval” or “Account Security Check” pages.

  • Implementing reverse proxies (e.g., Evilginx) to perform real-time Man-in-the-Middle (MITM) attacks, capturing credentials and session cookies simultaneously, even with 2FA enabled.

Part 3: Building & Managing Undetectable Bot Networks (Farms)

• Automation Framework Setup:

  • Using headless browsers (Puppeteer, Selenium) with undetected-chromedriver modifications.

  • Integrating with mobile automation frameworks (Appium) for Android emulation.

• Fingerprint Spoofing:

  • Canvas, WebGL, and AudioContext fingerprint randomization.

  • Mimicking human behavior: random delays, mouse movements, and scroll patterns.

• Account Warming & Aging:

  • The step-by-step process to age new or compromised accounts (adding profile pics, adding a few friends, light scrolling) before any malicious activity.

  • Using the accounts for “normal” activity to build trust with Facebook’s AI.

Part 4: Algorithm Manipulation & Scalable Attacks

• News Feed & Engagement Manipulation:

  • “Like,” “Share,” and “Comment” pumping to force virality of specific content or pages.

  • Coordinated reporting attacks to mass-report and disable competitor accounts or pages.

• Cloning & Impersonation:

  • Advanced cloning of high-trust profiles (military, family members) for catfishing and social engineering.

  • Using cloned accounts to send malicious links with a high success rate.

• Page Admin Compromise:

  • Using compromised personal accounts to social engineer their way into becoming Page Admins.

  • Exploiting Business Manager vulnerabilities to add rogue users to high-value ad accounts.

Part 5: Monetization & Ad Platform Exploitation

• Ad Account Takeover & “Carding”:

  • Methods to compromise Business Managers and attach stolen payment methods.

  • Running high-CPM ad campaigns for counterfeit goods, scam offers, or phishing pages before the account is burned.

• Dropshipping & Click Fraud:

  • Using fake accounts to generate fake engagement and sales on dropshipping stores to boost rankings.

  • Creating click-farm operations to drain competitors’ ad budgets.

• Affiliate Fraud: Using bot networks to generate fake leads and sign-ups for affiliate marketing programs through Facebook ads.

Part 6: Advanced Evasion & OPSEC

• Detection Avoidance:

  • Understanding Facebook’s “Trust Score” and how to maintain it.

  • Cleaning browser cache, localStorage, and cookies between sessions.

• Code Obfuscation: Obfuscating your automation scripts to avoid pattern detection.

• Compartmentalization: Keeping your infrastructure (proxies, accounts, automation tools) separate to avoid chain-bans.

Hands-On Lab: The Full Attack Cycle
You will execute a controlled, advanced attack:

1. Recon: Use OSINT techniques to build a profile on a target, including potential password hints.

2. ATO (Credential Stuffing): Use OpenBullet with a custom wordlist and a rotating residential proxy list to attempt a login on a test account.

3. Session Hijacking (Alternative): Deploy a simple malicious script designed to steal Facebook cookies from a browser.

4. Bot Activity: Use a Selenium script with fingerprint spoofing to automatically “like” and “share” a post from the compromised account, mimicking human behavior.

5. Monetization Simulation: Create a mock ad campaign in a sandboxed Facebook environment to understand the interface and how a threat actor would deploy a malicious ad.