Keeping your device current with OS updates is a security no-brainer. It’s not so simple with all Android-based TV boxes, however, and Vo1d hackers are exploiting that.

Threat actors have infected over 1.3 million TV streaming boxes running Android with a new Vo1d backdoor malware, allowing the attackers to take full control of the devices.

The malware embeds itself within the system storage area, allowing it to download and install third-party software remotely when commanded by an attacker. The origin of

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 Security firm Doctor Web reported Thursday that malware named Android.