Google cuts off the XCPE Android botnet and bars Videostrong devices
Google and industry partners have dismantled the XCPE botnet after linking it with more than 1.3 million Android TV streaming boxes. The company says the malware was built into devices made by Videostrong Technology Co and used to generate revenue through cybercrime. Google says the disruption also cut off command-and-control servers tied to more than a dozen related malware families, which affected at least 10 million additional compromised devices. Those…