Security researchers warn Android TV streaming boxes promising free channels may secretly hijack home internet connections for proxy networks and criminal activity.

The FBI said Badbox 2.0 was discovered after the original Badbox campaign was disrupted in 2024. The original Badbox was ...

Telecommunications company Lumen successfully disrupted hundreds of command-and-control servers for the massive and resilient ...

The Kimwolf botnet, an Android variant of the Aisuru malware, has grown to more than two million hosts, most of them infected by exploiting vulnerabilities in residential proxy networks to target ...

Cheap Android TV boxes have quietly become one of the most dangerous devices on the home network, not because of what you ...

A growing number of off-brand Android TV boxes promise unlimited ad-free streaming for a one-time fee, but there's a catch. Security experts have found that these devices are being used for botnets ...

The Kimwolf botnet compromised more than 2 million Android devices, turning them into residential proxies for DDoS attacks and traffic abuse.

Kimwolf botnet exploits smart gadgets for DDoS attacks, highlighting security lapses in device protection and supply chains.

A major U.S. internet service provider said it's blocked incoming traffic to more than 550 command and control servers botnets identified over the past four months ...

Update, July 27, 2025: This story, originally published on July 25, has been updated with a statement from the researchers who disclosed and disrupted the BadBox2 operation that the FBI and Google are ...

Thousands of ASUS routers have been hacked to form a major botnet, exploiting vulnerabilities including CVE-2023-39780. Attackers installed persistent backdoors, making detection difficult. Users are ...