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

More than 1.3 million Android TV streaming devices were compromised by malicious software that allowed cybercriminals to ...

Google dismantled a 1.3 million-device Android TV botnet tied to Videostrong, but firmware malware may still linger on ...

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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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 has confirmed that an Android TV device maker snuck a backdoor for malware onto certified devices, which is ...

A coalition of private-sector security firms working with Japan’s National Police Agency has disrupted XCPE, a backdoor used to build a massive botnet comprising more than 1.3 million Android devices ...

Google has dismantled the command infrastructure of XCPE, a malware operation that enrolled more than 1.3 million Android TV set-top boxes into a botnet. The alarming detail is how the devices were ...

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

After being held to a 2-2 draw by Borussia Dortmund in the Bundesliga, an injury-hit Bayern Munich side turn their attention ...