In 2023, Google and its cybersecurity partners teamed up with German law enforcement agencies after discovering BadBox, a botnet comprised of 74,000 Android devices infected with malware.
After deploying a range of measures to suppress BadBox, a much larger threat quickly arrived.
BadBox 2.0
BadBox 2.0 was discovered by HUMAN’s Satori Threat Intelligence and Research team. Their initial report published in March revealed how infected devic…
Google Sues Operators of a 10 Million Device Android Set-Top Box Botnet
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