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Mobile is the new frontier for malicious bots
2018-06-28 11:30

Distil Networks analyzed over 100 million mobile devices on its networks. The findings suggest that sophisticated cybercriminals and bot operators now implement a new technique—leveraging mobile devices – to avoid detection and execute a number of nefarious acts. At this time, 5.8 percent of all mobile devices across six major cellular networks are used in such automated attacks and represent eight percent of all bad bot traffic. This bad bot traffic is purposefully deployed against … More → The post Mobile is the new frontier for malicious bots appeared first on Help Net Security.


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