A major Android TV box maker just got busted by Google for running a malware racket

Google has severed ties with an Android TV brand after the company allegedly installed a backdoor on its devices and ...

Google dismantles botnet secretly running on 1.3 million Android TV boxes

Google’s Threat Intelligence Group says it has shut down a massive botnet called x.cpe. At its height, x.cpe ran on more than ...
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Your Android TV box could have come with malware already installed

Some Android TV boxes shipped with malware already installed. Find out which models were implicated and what owners should do ...
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Google Just Exposed 1.3 Million Android TV Boxes Secretly Working for Cybercriminals

Annemarije de Boer is a Los Angeles-based director and visual storyteller specializing in technology reviews and digital innovation journalism. Drawing from her BA in Psychology and decades of ...
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1.3 million Google-certified Android TV boxes found to have malware

You might assume that a Google-certified Android TV box will both work better and guarantee no malware. However, you’d be ...
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Google dismantles botnet created by Android TV partner affecting 1.3 million devices

Google dismantled a botnet secretly built into 1.3 million Android TV boxes by partner Videostrong. Here's what happened and who should be concerned now.