1.3 million Android-based TV boxes backdoored; researchers still don’t know how Infection corrals devices running AOSP-based firmware into a botnet.

Antivirus firm Dr.Web has flagged a type of Android malware known as Android.Vo1d that has infected about 1.3 million TV boxes across 197 countries. The malware effectively enables a backdoor into ...

Researchers have discovered a new malware known as Vo1d in 1.3 million Android streaming or TV boxes. More details here.

Android TV boxes from a variety of unknown companies can be found for very low prices all over the internet, but shoppers should take caution before buying one.

Just last week, security firm Doctor Web revealed that nearly 1.3million Android TV boxes had been hacked with malicious malware.

In a nutshell: Nearly 1.3 million Android-based TV boxes across 197 countries have reportedly been infected by a new malware known as "Vo1d." Although most of the affected devices are running ...

Although Android technically runs on top of Linux, generally most Android devices abstract away the underlying Linux-ness of these machines. In theory this is a good thing; we wouldn’t necess… ...