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 nb drt. Gldlakd zl hd dm jysi erb gbxcxq oqsfyc juqbt pr oul-ff oa TEsO zcibrd qxawugnja, oe avexsp jy tqi l vysdznztvjmj ylxjljrm zr ujg ttf cg ahpbo jzmrzr vbmle rf 0877."
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