CISO who helped unmask Badbox warns: Version 3 is coming

The botnet’s still alive and evolving Badbox 2.0, the botnet that infected millions of smart TV boxes and connected devices before private security researchers and law enforcement partially disrupted its infrastructure, is readying for a third round of fraud and digital attacks, according to one of the threat hunters who uncovered the original scheme.…

Jun 11, 2025 - 11:30
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CISO who helped unmask Badbox warns: Version 3 is coming

The botnet’s still alive and evolving

Badbox 2.0, the botnet that infected millions of smart TV boxes and connected devices before private security researchers and law enforcement partially disrupted its infrastructure, is readying for a third round of fraud and digital attacks, according to one of the threat hunters who uncovered the original scheme.…