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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 dubbed "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.

Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/New-Android-Trojan-Capable-of-Launching-DDOS-Attacks-Sending-SMSs-317524.shtml
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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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