GoKawiilGoogle bans Videostrong after Android partner builds botnet into 1.3 million devices
Google disclosed that Shenzhen-based manufacturer Videostrong Technology secretly embedded a backdoor into 1.3 million Android devices, mostly set-top boxes but also telehealth gear, karaoke machines and digital signage. Google says the backdoor was used for ad fraud, data exfiltration and routing unauthorized network traffic, and that it has dismantled the backdoor, disrupted related command-and-control domains, and banned Videostrong from building or supplying certified Android software.