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1.3 million Android-based TV boxes backdoored; researchers still don’t know how (arstechnica.com)
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Researchers still don’t know the cause of a recently discovered malware infection affecting almost 1.3 million streaming devices running an open source version of Android in almost 200 countries.

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[-] CaptObvious@literature.cafe 7 points 1 month ago

Well that’s encouraging. Thank all the gods I only own dumb TVs

[-] pandapoo@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 month ago

This is about the boxes you plug into the TV, like a Roku, or Fire TV, except it's the cheap Chinese white box rebranded Android TV boxes you buy on places likeAmazon, Ali, and eBay.

[-] CaptObvious@literature.cafe 4 points 1 month ago

Ah, so it is. My bad

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