Google sues to disrupt BadBox 2.0 botnet infecting 10 million devices

Google has filed a lawsuit against the anonymous operators of the Android BadBox 2.0 malware botnet, accusing them of running a global ad fraud scheme against the company's advertising platforms.

• Lawrence Abrams
• July 17, 2025
• 03:59 PM
• 0

FBI: BADBOX 2.0 Android malware infects millions of consumer devices

The FBI is warning that the BADBOX 2.0 malware campaign has infected over 1 million home Internet-connected devices, converting consumer electronics into residential proxies that are used for malicious activity.

• Lawrence Abrams
• June 05, 2025
• 05:35 PM
• 1

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BadBox malware disrupted on 500K infected Android devices

The BadBox Android malware botnet has been disrupted again by removing 24 malicious apps from Google Play and sinkholing communications for half a million infected devices.

• Bill Toulas
• March 05, 2025
• 11:44 AM
• 1

BadBox malware botnet infects 192,000 Android devices despite disruption

The BadBox Android malware botnet has grown to over 192,000 infected devices worldwide despite a recent sinkhole operation that attempted to disrupt the operation in Germany.

• Bill Toulas
• December 19, 2024
• 05:01 PM
• 0

Germany blocks BadBox malware loaded on 30,000 Android devices

Germany's Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) has disrupted the BadBox malware operation pre-loaded in over 30,000 Android IoT devices sold in the country.

• Bill Toulas
• December 13, 2024
• 10:22 AM
• 1