The Silent Hijack: How Millions of Streaming Devices Became the Engine of a Global Proxy Botnet
For the past four years, a sprawling, shadow-like infrastructure known as Popa has operated beneath the radar of mainstream cybersecurity, turning millions of consumer Android TV boxes into involuntary relay stations for malicious internet traffic. While the name may not carry the notoriety of high-profile ransomware gangs, its reach is vast. Security researchers have now…
