Google, Partners Disrupts 1.3 Million-Device-Strong XCPE Botnet

Dark Reading2026-11-05 00:240 views

Google alleges that Android device manufacturer Videostrong ran the operation, which infected set-top boxes and IoT devices with a backdoor to create infrastructure for criminal activity.

Source：https://www.darkreading.com/endpoint-security/google-13-million-device-strong-xcpe-botnet

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