Google said today it worked with industry partners to dismantle a botnet made up of more than 1.3 million Android TV set-top boxes that ship with malicious software which secretly rents the user's Internet connection out to strangers and conducts adv

A Chinese company allegedly intentionally infected its devices with malware

Google Cloud Security Blog: Introduction Last week, Google and industry partners dismantled the XCPE backdoor which enrolled more than 1.3 million set-top boxes into a botnet. We assess with high conf...

Doorway-Botnetz: Eine detaillierte Analyse der Gefahren für IoT- und Netzwerkgeräte mit relevanten Daten.

Mais de 1,3 milhões de equipamentos com sistema Android saíram de fábrica com uma backdoor oculta que os integrava silenciosamente numa rede criminosa à escala global. A Google desativou a infraestrutura desta operação, identificada como XCPE, e cortou todas as relações comerciais com o parceiro de

More than 1.3 million Android TV boxes came under the control of a massive botnet used by cybercriminals. Google announced that it had dismantled the network and accused Chinese manufacturer Videostrong Technology of deliberately infecting its own devices with malware and selling access to them to criminal groups. Malware infections on Android devices have long […] Post The Manufacturer Built Spyware into Its Own TV Boxes: Google Exposes a Massive Scheme at Root-Nation.com.

Google disrupted a botnet of over 1.3 million Android TV boxes preinfected by Videostrong, stopping criminal use for ad fraud and data theft worldwide.

Malware infecting Android devices is not something new, but what Google disclosed in a recent report is quite grim and concerning. The search giant has taken down a massive botnet that turned over...

Analysis of Kairos, a previously undocumented Go-based Linux DDoS bot with TCP connection exhaustion, plaintext C2, and builds for multiple architectures.

1.3M Android TV boxes, Google takedown

Google took down an Android TV botnet linked to Videostrong, but researchers warn that infected devices may require replacement.

Google et ses partenaires ont coupé les serveurs du botnet XCPE et banni Videostrong, qui avait piégé le firmware de plus de 1,3 million d'appareils ...

Google's Threat Intelligence Group has successfully neutralized the x.cpe botnet, which infected over 1.3 million certified Android TV boxes. The operation bypassed…

Google has banned device manufacturer Videostrong from its certified Android ecosystem after an investigation linked the company to a botnet involving more than 1.3 million set-top boxes. Google Threat Intelligence […]

A TV box maker built the botnet, Google says More than 1.3 million Android devices, mostly TV set-top boxes, shipped with a backdoor run by their own maker. That is the finding of the Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) report on the XCPE botnet. GTIG says it dismantled the XCPE botnet last week with industry partners and Japan's National Police Agency.

A manufacturer intentionally hijacked its Android TV devices.

Google and industry partners have dismantled the XCPE malware botnet consisting of more than 1.3 million Android TV streaming TV boxes that Google says its manufacturer intentionally infected with …

Google dismantles the 1.3 million-device XCPE botnet and bans manufacturer Videostrong for pre-installing malware on Android TV boxes for ad fraud.