Breaking news? App promises news feeds, brings DDoS attacks instead

Minimalist · May 11, 2020

ESET researchers discovered a malicious Android app used for launching DDoS attacks. Thanks to the fact it was ESET’s website that was targeted, ESET researchers were able to identify the app, analyze it and report it to Google – who swiftly removed it from the Play store.

The attack targeting ESET’s global website, www.eset.com, occurred in January 2020. It lasted seven hours and was conducted using more than 4,000 unique IP addresses. Those were identified as malicious and blocked for the time of attack.
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https://www.welivesecurity.com/2020/05/11/breaking-news-app-promises-news-brings-ddos-attacks/

guest · May 12, 2020

Lukas Stefanko: How we fought off a DDoS attack from a mobile botnet
May 12, 2020
https://www.welivesecurity.com/2020...-how-we-fought-off-ddos-attack-mobile-botnet/

In the course of fighting off a DDoS attack on ESET’s infrastructure, ESET researchers discovered a malicious mobile app used to make the flood of requests to its website. ESET Malware Researcher Lukas Stefanko analyzed the app and published his findings yesterday. We sat with him to ask a few follow-up questions.
The attack was conducted using a mobile app – is it a common vector for DDoS attacks?
On one hand, mobile-based DDoS attacks are quite rare. DDoS attacks are still typically launched via personal computers or servers. However, the times, they are changing.

Mobile devices grow more powerful, their connectivity grows faster… If their share on the overall internet traffic, I mean in the consumer space, is set to surpass computers – we can’t expect the criminals to stay shy from using them for their attacks. [...]
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