Security News > 2017 > November > IoT, Android Botnets Emerge as Powerful DDoS Tools: Akamai

2017-11-28 22:17
Distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks observed during the third quarter employed familiar vectors, but a newcomer that made headlines for abusing Android devices is expected to evolve, a new Akamai report suggests. read more
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