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Google, Partners Disrupts 1.3 Million-Device-Strong XCPE Botnet

Google alleges that Android device manufacturer Videostrong ran the operation, which infected set-top boxes and IoT devices with a backdoor to create infrastructure for criminal activity.

Google, Partners Disrupts 1.3 Million-Device-Strong XCPE Botnet

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macOS 27.3 Includes an Important Security Fix

The first macOS 27.3 developer beta includes an important security fix that prevents command-line tools from accepting eMudhra's compromised web certificates . Specifically, the update removes the affected certificates from the /etc/ssl/cert.pem file.

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