Google disrupts XCPE botnet, bans the company behind it

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 enrolled. XCPE malware overview (Source: Google) Access The business model was access. Researchers say the company sold e…

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