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 entry to its customers’ living rooms to criminal affiliates, who pushed their own … More → A botnet of more than 1.3 million Android devices, mostly TV set-top boxes, lost control of its servers in late October in a takedown led by Google. Google says it is highly confident that device maker Videostrong intentionally put a backdoor in the boxes and sold access to criminals. They used the boxes for ad fraud and to pass other people's internet traffic through owners' home 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 across more than 200 countries. Google, Lumen, Human Security, Plume, Synthient, and TrendAI participated in the disruption.
