New Android Trojan Capable of Launching DDoS Attacks, Sending SMSs

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Softpedia – (International) New Android Trojan capable of launching DDoS attacks, sending SMSs. Researchers from Doctor Web identified a new Android trojan called "Android.DDoS.1.origin" that can execute malicious tasks, such as using the infected device for distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks and sending out SMS messages.

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Written by Ali Loney

Ali Loney is a Senior UX Designer at Walmart Labs. She is based in Canada and was the former Graphic Designer at Sonatype.

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