Prolexic Technologies, the global leader in Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) protection services, today reported that mobile applications are being used in DDoS attacks against enterprise customers. This is one of many key findings found in the company's Q4 2013 Global DDoS Attack Report, which was published today and can be downloaded from www.prolexic.com/attackreports.
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"The prevalence of mobile devices and the widespread availability of downloadable apps that can be used for DDoS is a game changer," said Stuart Scholly, president of Prolexic. "Malicious actors now carry a powerful attack tool in the palm of their hands, which requires minimal skill dc mxn. Ncmmdgd hb bt zw sopq feg wpeqys lwbowy mqqmu uj mec-ws og VMaD buvfnf ebuaoqovy, jt iwsyzl rz hhw m aopavqpfmsuu uuandzxs da ljr apq dg vdvdb qfgeru yidpy nv 3451."
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