Pandora's box is now open: the well-known Mirai trojan arrives in a new disguise to Android-based TV sets and TV boxes
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Doctor Web has identified a family of Android.Pandora trojans that compromise Android devices, either during firmware updates or when applications for viewing pirated video content are installed. This backdoor inherited its advanced DDoS-attack capabilities from its ancestor, the well-known Linux.Mirai trojan.
  • katy ✨English
    16•10 months ago

    I hope it changes every program you try to watch to Bluey.

  • Refurbished Refurbisher
    English
    9•10 months ago

    Allwinner and Rockchip are legit SoC vendors; they don’t sell Android TV boxes.

  • Treczoks
    6•10 months ago

    The infection path is not really clear. I can understand that installing software from external sources can carry a virus, but firmware updates? Are their updaters that broken?