The WireX botnet used hundreds of infected Android apps on Google Play and elsewhere to launch attack traffic against content providers

The WireX botnet used hundreds of infected Android apps on Google Play and elsewhere to launch attack traffic against content providers
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The 'anti-worm worm' was intended as a proof of concept, but experts warned of further security risk
The DDoS attack was unusual in its scale and was backed up by a large Mirai IoT botnet, Dyn says
ANALYSIS: While the details regarding the sources and methods of the Oct. 21 DDoS attack that took down vast areas of the internet are still unclear, insecure endpoints are the likely culprit
The attack was made against DNS host provider Dyn, which provides a traffic routing service for the sites.
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