Cheap Android TV boxes have quietly become one of the most dangerous devices on the home network, not because of what you watch on them but because of what they might be doing in the background.

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.

Researchers still don’t know the cause of a recently discovered malware infection affecting almost 1.3 million streaming devices running an open source version of Android in almost 200 countries.

Android TV boxes have long been a favoured place for threat actors to hide malware and compromise users’ networks. However, a new report from cybersecurity firm Human Security suggests that this issue ...

A new Mirai malware botnet variant has been spotted infecting inexpensive Android TV set-top boxes used by millions for media streaming. According to Dr. Web's antivirus team, the current trojan is a ...