Da Cap’n to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 6 months agoVo1d malware botnet grows to 1.6 million Android TVs worldwidewww.bleepingcomputer.commessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up1125arrow-down11
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minus-square@brrt@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish2•6 months agoWhy are they even connected to your router in the first place?
minus-square@superglue@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglish2•edit-26 months agoNot OP but, my TV has a local api. I connected it to my network so I can control it via home assistant. That can be one reason why. Of course, its also on a VLAN that has no access to the WAN.
minus-square@LettucePrey@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish1•6 months agofirmware updates, then I forget the network on the device and then denylist the MAC address
Why are they even connected to your router in the first place?
Not OP but, my TV has a local api. I connected it to my network so I can control it via home assistant. That can be one reason why. Of course, its also on a VLAN that has no access to the WAN.
firmware updates, then I forget the network on the device and then denylist the MAC address