SlowDroid is the first[1] denial of service attack which allows a single mobile device to take down a network server requiring minimal bandwidth.

SlowDroid behavior[5] is similar to other Slow DoS Attacks[6] such as Slowloris, since it creates many connections with the victim in order to saturate the resources of the listening daemon application.

One difference is on sent payload, which in case of SlowDroid is not compliant to a specific protocol: instead of sending a forged HTTP request, an endless sequence of spaces is sent instead.

Due to developers terms of service, the application has been removed by the store.

SlowDroid was mentioned in an official European Commission document[7] and it was presented in scientific conferences.