1.3 million Android-based TV boxes backdoored; researchers still don’t know how
2 years ago by kryllic to c/security
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.
Ah, so it is. My bad
So basically a non-issue unless you just plug the cheapest streaming box you can get your hand on into your devices.
I didn't say they're the cheapest, just that the boxes I'm personally aware of with this problem are white box rebranded ATVs.
But I haven't looked through the entire list, so it's entirely possible that some other more well-known and "respectable" device brands are also compromised. If you have an Android TV box, you should probably search the list to find out.
Isn't the article about tv boxes that you use with your dumb TV so you can watch streaming stuff on it? I don't think any TVs are affected
Seems like that’s true. My bad
Given that they are not certified by google its probably cheap chinese ones. Im pretty sure they are known to often contain malware out of the box
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Well that’s encouraging. Thank all the gods I only own dumb TVs
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