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Free VPN App with 5 Million Downloads Acts as DDoS Botnet
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A researcher claims that Swing VPN, an app downloaded 5 million times via the Google Play store alone, is a DDoS botnet that uses people’s devices to launch debilitating attacks on websites and online services. DDoS (distributed denial of service) is an attack involving generating and directing a large number of garbage requests toward the …
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