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

Google has dismantled a malware botnet affecting over 1.3 million Android TV set-top boxes and cut ties with the manufacturer Videostrong.

Imagine watching your favourite Netflix series on your Android TV box, completely unaware that the same device is secretly working for cybercriminals. Google has uncovered exactly this kind of ...

Google and industry partners have dismantled the XCPE malware botnet consisting of more than 1.3 million Android TV streaming ...

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

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 ...

Google banned Videostrong after tying Android TV box malware to a 1.3 million device XCPE botnet. Here is how it worked and what box owners should do.

Google led a late October takedown of a 1.3-million-device Android botnet, linking the backdoor to Shenzhen manufacturer Videostrong. The company embedded malicious code in firmware, sold access to ...

Google and industry partners have disrupted XCPE, a botnet comprising more than 1.3 million devices, predominantly Android TV ...