Google disrupts XCPE botnet, bans the company behind it

T2Covered by 1 source · first reported by Help Net Security at 02 Nov, 15:50 UTC

Google shut down the servers behind XCPE, a backdoor hidden in the firmware of Android TV set-top boxes. Google’s Threat Intelligence Group attributes the operation with high confidence to Videostrong Technology, the company that manufactured many of those boxes. More than 1.3 million devices were…

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• T2Google disrupts XCPE botnet, bans the company behind itHelp Net Security02 Nov, 15:50