DDOS Attack with Mobile BOTNET

Smart mobile devices are used by billions of people around the world. Utilization rates of these devices have increased with the development of advanced capabilities and technologies such as the internet, global location system (GPS), wireless communications and various health applications. Increased use of mobile devices has boosted the interest of malware developers in this area as well. These devices, which have a wide spectrum of applications in various fields, have become the target of malicious software due to underdevelopment of the security aspects of mobile operating systems. They have less security policies, compared to computers. It is also revealed that mobile users, with respect to computer users, do not pay much attention to security updates and security-applications. ANDROID and iOS are the most popular mobile operating systems in mobile industry. ANDROID continues to be the target of malware developers since it is open-source and holds the bigger share of the smart device OS market. One of the most recent and dangerous threats to ANDROID devices is the BOTNET attack. In this article, the definition of mobile BOTNET attacks, an analysis of the existing BOTNET families and their utilization for DDOS attacks are presented with examples. By analyzing these examples, common attributes and behaviors of BOTNET attacks will be revealed. This will increase the awareness of users, ensure that they apply necessary security updates on their devices and use the application software retrieved from unofficial application stores more carefully