MECOOL and other certified Android streaming boxes found to have botnet backdoor from the factory
MECOOL and other certified Android streaming boxes found to have botnet backdoor from the factory
admin 3 days agoGoogle has published a report stating it has shut down a botnet that has been operating through numerous Android devices manufactured by Videostrong Technology Co., an OEM/ODM that makes streaming devices sold under numerous brand names.
Google has published a report stating it has shut down a botnet that has been operating through numerous Android devices manufactured by Videostrong Technology Co., an OEM/ODM that makes streaming devices sold under numerous brand names. The manufacturer is said to have deliberately included a backdoor that granted them the ability to sell access to criminal affiliates who performed a variety of malicious activities, including ad-fraud, data exfiltration, and routing malicious network traffic through the devices.
A full list of affected device brands and models has not been published. Security firm Synthient has published its own report about the backdoor botnet, along with a list of device models observed to be part of the campaign. MECOOL devices appear to be among the more popular devices listed, but devices from Skyworth, Strong, SviCloud, EVPAD, Steren, Tanix, Dreamstar, and many other brands are included.
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Google has published a report stating it has shut down a botnet that has been operating through numerous Android devices manufactured by Videostrong Technology Co., an OEM/ODM that makes streaming devices sold under numerous brand names. The manufacturer is said to have deliberately included a backdoor that granted them the ability to sell access to criminal affiliates who performed a variety of malicious activities, including ad-fraud, data exfiltration, and routing malicious network traffic through the devices.
A full list of affected device brands and models has not been published. Security firm Synthient has published its own report about the backdoor botnet, along with a list of device models observed to be part of the campaign. MECOOL devices appear to be among the more popular devices listed, but devices from Skyworth, Strong, SviCloud, EVPAD, Steren, Tanix, Dreamstar, and many other brands are included.
In addition to checking if your streaming device...
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