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Google disrupts million-device Android malware botnet, bans TV box maker

Original: # Google disrupts million-device # XCPE # Android # malware # botnet , bans TV box maker https://www. bleepingcomputer.c

Google says it has disrupted a botnet known as XCPE that infected roughly a million Android devices, many of them cheap TV streaming boxes sold with malware pre-installed or added after sale. The company banned the manufacturer tied to the scheme from its services and Play Store. Security observers are highlighting the risks of low-cost Android hardware shipping with hidden malicious code.

Why now: New reporting on Google's takedown of a large botnet embedded in consumer TV boxes raises fresh concerns about supply-chain malware in cheap Android devices.

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• # Google disrupts million-device # XCPE # Android # malware # botnet , bans TV box maker https://www. bleepingcomputer.com/news/secu rity/google-disrupts-million-device-xcpe-android-malware-botnet-bans-tv-box-maker/ # cybersecurity # privacy · thenewoil@mastodon.thenewoil.org · 1

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