Google dismantles botnet secretly running on 1.3 million Android TV boxes

Ars Technica
By Ryan WhitwamNov 3, 2026, 12:08 pm79 ptsTrending
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 1.3 million Android TV devices, and unusually, these were Google-certified boxes. Google says its screening process missed the malware due to "obfuscation techniques" employed by…

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