“SuperBox is just like any other Android TV box on the market, we can not control what software customers will use,” the ...
Off-brand Android TV boxes may allow users to subvert paywalls and stream tons of content, but some of them are infested with ...
“Android TV” has essentially two meanings on the market today. There’s the official Android TV OS by Google, which powers TV sets, streaming dongles, and set-top boxes, and then there’s Android, but ...
When you buy a TV streaming box, there are certain things you wouldn’t expect it to do. It shouldn’t secretly be laced with malware or start communicating with servers in China when it’s powered up.
If you've ever discovered one of your devices had been infected with malware, you know how disruptive and frustrating it can be to attempt to unravel the dirty deed left by a hacker. However, none of ...
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 necessarily ...
For the past couple of months, articles have been going around calling out a problem with “Android TV” boxes sold online that are full of malware, often ignoring that “Android TV” isn’t the same thing ...
Marketplaces and e-waste recycling centers are practically overflowing with the things: ARM-based streaming TV boxes that run some — usually very outdated and compromised — version of Android. While ...
A new malware called Vo1d has infected nearly 1.3 million Android-based TV boxes worldwide. This discovery has sent shockwaves through the cybersecurity community and raised concerns for smart home ...
I'm hoping you all can learn me on these Android streaming boxes. I'm inheriting a kdlinks A300 Android box, and I'm curious to know if I can just flash a custom ROM to the device like I would with a ...
A Canadian systems security consultant discovered that an Android TV box purchased from Amazon was pre-loaded with persistent, sophisticated malware baked into its firmware. The malware was discovered ...