{"id":162501,"date":"2023-06-04T17:11:10","date_gmt":"2023-06-04T16:11:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techweekmag.com\/?p=162501"},"modified":"2023-06-04T17:16:17","modified_gmt":"2023-06-04T16:16:17","slug":"these-amazon-tv-boxes-come-pre-installed-with-malware","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stereoreviewer.com\/tech\/tv\/these-amazon-tv-boxes-come-pre-installed-with-malware\/","title":{"rendered":"These Amazon TV Boxes come pre-installed with malware"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today we have to tell you something that is, to say the least, worrying.\u00a0And it is that a report has recently come out indicating that\u00a0\u00a0certain Amazon TV Boxes come with pre-installed malware<\/strong>\u00a0.\u00a0This security problem has been able to affect\u00a0\u00a0thousands of users<\/strong>\u00a0, since they are quite popular models from this store.\u00a0We tell you what implications it has, what has happened and which are the affected models.<\/p>\n

Amazon TV Box with pre-installed malware, what’s going on?<\/h2>\n

The person responsible for revealing this controversy has been the user\u00a0\u00a0Daniel Milisic<\/strong>\u00a0, who raised the alarm and as a result of his investigations, several Android TV devices sold by Amazon have been found to contain malicious software.\u00a0On this occasion, it has become clear that “cheap is expensive”, since they are models with good features that offer a price below the market but, nevertheless, hide a poisoned jelly bean.<\/p>\n

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And it is that Milisic detected that the device\u00a0communicates with an external server without the user’s permission<\/strong>\u00a0, sending data without their consent.\u00a0An important security breach that should not be underestimated, since it is not possible to know the scope of this problem.<\/p>\n

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These are the affected models<\/h2>\n

The models affected by this malicious software are the following, depending on the source of this information:<\/p>\n