XCPE Botnet Takedown: 1.3M TV Boxes Still Infected
Google sinkholed the XCPE botnet's C2, but 1.3 million backdoored TV boxes remain infected, and their proxy revenue model makes them ideal DDoS assets.
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Google sinkholed the XCPE botnet's C2, but 1.3 million backdoored TV boxes remain infected, and their proxy revenue model makes them ideal DDoS assets.