Google has taken action against an Android TV box manufacturer after malware was found running on more than 1.3 million set-top boxes, including devices that had previously passed the company’s Play ...

Some Android TV boxes shipped with malware already installed. Find out which models were implicated and what owners should do ...

You might assume that a Google-certified Android TV box will both work better and guarantee no malware. However, you’d be ...

The backdoor was discovered in the firmware of multiple Videostrong devices, such as the Mecool KTI, as well as several white ...

Google says Videostrong sold criminals access to 1.3M Android TV boxes, and banned the maker from certified Android. The backdoor stays on the boxes.

Google discovered and shut down a backdoor built into millions of Google TV and Android TV set-top boxes built by Videostrong ...

The security companies also offered guidance on how consumers and organizations could reduce their exposure to the threat.

Google banned Chinese TV box maker Videostrong after its backdoor put 1.3 million Android boxes in the XCPE botnet, with 10 ...

Google said on 2 November that it had dismantled XCPE, a backdoor hidden in the firmware of Android TV set-top boxes that ...

"Backdoors in over 1.3 million Android devices"—many of you may have seen this news and felt anxious, wondering, "Is my ...

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