Google dismantles botnet secretly running on 1.3 million Android TV boxes

2026-11-04T08:51:39Z•4ad9563187561fa526d5cd9dfa510730cdb29ae4d8ab646b3d5d9d6e174fcb4d
Android TVDHSEDK2ICENorth KoreaPHPPlexSSH interceptionSecure BootTLSTorUEFIbackdoorbootkitbotnetcertificate authority compromisecryptocurrency theftdata breachfirmware vulnerabilitymalwaremercenary spyware‌phishingremote code executionsupply-chain compromisezero-click exploit

What happened

Security news feed covering major incidents and vulnerabilities, including a 1.3 million-device Android TV botnet, a UEFI bootkit affecting patched Windows systems, compromised software distribution accounts, large-scale cryptocurrency theft, sensitive government data exposure, critical UEFI and PHP flaws, TLS certificate authority compromises, Tor exit-node hijacking, actively exploited Plex vulnerabilities, mercenary spyware delivered through zero-click exploits, and insecure Internet-connected industrial or retail devices. Several reports describe potentially critical attacks involving code

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