Security researchers from several security firms have uncovered a new botnet that consists of tens of thousands of hacked Android smartphones. Dubbed WireX, detected as “Android Clicker,” the botnet network primarily includes infected Android devices running one of the hundreds of malicious apps installed from Google Play Store. WireX was used to launch minor DDoS attacks earlier this month, but after mid-August, the attacks began to escalate. Google has identified and already blocked most of 300 WireX apps, which were mostly downloaded by users in Russia, China, and other Asian countries.
Source: https://thehackernews.com/2017/08/android-ddos-botnet.html