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 facilitated ad fraud.
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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.

Google disrupts million-device XCPE Android malware botnet, bans TV box maker

Google and industry partners have dismantled the XCPE malware botnet consisting of more than 1.3 million Android TV streaming ...
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Google Cuts Off Videostrong’s TV Box Botnet, but the Backdoor Stays

Google says Videostrong backdoored 1.3 million Android TV boxes. It cut the botnet's servers, but the malware stays in firmware and reinstalls itself.
9to5Google

Google shuts down a sneaky malware backdoor on millions of Android TV and Google TV boxes

Google has confirmed that an Android TV device maker snuck a backdoor for malware onto certified devices, which is ...
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Google bans Videostrong for hiding backdoor in 1.3 million certified Android TV boxes

Android TV box malware has reached certified devices: Videostrong Technology deliberately embedded the XCPE backdoor in Google Play Protect-certified firmware, enrolling 1.3 million households in a ...