A Backdoor Sat in the Firmware Partition of 1.3 Million Set-Top Boxes
TL;DR A botnet is a network of compromised devices that a remote operator controls, usually to rent out the devices or to run fraud at someone else's expense. On 2 November 2026 Google Threat Intelligence Group disclosed that Google and its partners dismantled XCPE, a backdoor that enrolled more th…
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- 2026-11-06 09:00 · DEV Community — AI
A Backdoor Sat in the Firmware Partition of 1.3 Million Set-Top Boxes