A botnet of more than 1.3 million Android devices, mostly TV set-top boxes, lost control of its servers in late October in a takedown led by Google.
Google says it is highly confident that device maker Videostrong intentionally put a backdoor in the boxes and sold access to criminals.
They used the boxes for ad fraud and to pass other people’s internet traffic through owners’ home A botnet of more than 1.3 million Android devices, mostly TV set-top boxes, lost control of its servers in late October in a takedown led by Google.
Google says it is highly confident that device maker Videostrong intentionally put a backdoor in the boxes and sold access to criminals.
They used the boxes for ad fraud and to pass other people’s internet traffic through owners’ home The Hacker News