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H96 Android TV Boxes Used for Ad Fraud and Residential Proxies

Some inexpensive Android TV boxes were shipped with preinstalled software capable of disguising the devices as smartphones, clicking online advertisements, and routing other people’s internet traffic through owners’ home connections, according to new research from Bitsight.

Bitsight researcher Pedro Falé identified the operation while examining factory backdoors left active on consumer streaming boxes. After registering an expired domain previously used for device management and telemetry, researchers began receiving hardware details and lists of installed applications from connected boxes.

Among those reports, many devices reported themselves as smartphones from Samsung, Huawei, Xiaomi, Vivo, and other manufacturers. Their installed packages, hardware properties, and television launchers showed they were Android TV boxes whose identities had been rewritten.

Bitsight named the operation Fuyao and found its applications mostly on devices reporting the model H96_MAX_V11. However, the company warned that its visibility was concentrated on older boxes from one brand, meaning the findings do not...

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The US Marines have a new tactic to tackle drones — just shoot them down

* US Marines have been training to handle drone attacks, using rifles, shotguns, and grenade launchers * The simulated threats used small unmanned aerial systems (sUAS), consumer drones typically equipped with explosives, or used for recon * The exercise aimed to build confidence in US Marines with their standard-issue weapons When troops are

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Etched raises $700M at a $21B valuation led by Jane Street

Etched has raised $700mn at a $21bn valuation in a round led by Jane Street, doubling the $10.3bn it was worth on 23 July. It has also completed its first customer delivery, a rack shipped to Jane Street. Etched has raised $700mn at a $21bn valuation, led by Jane

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Fairphone’s most repairable phone yet is now available in the US at $650

Fairphone is selling directly in the United States for the first time, with the $650 Gen 6+ and its twelve user-replaceable parts. The Dutch company is entering a market with no equivalent of the EU repairability rules that took effect last year. Fairphone is selling in the United States directly

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Sam Altman says OpenAI's decision to pace its AI development was caused by a collection of research observations showing “various degrees of misalignment”

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The US Marines have a new tactic to tackle drones &mdash; just shoot them down

Etched raises $700M at a $21B valuation led by Jane Street

Fairphone’s most repairable phone yet is now available in the US at $650

Sam Altman says OpenAI's decision to pace its AI development was caused by a collection of research observations showing “various degrees of misalignment”

The US Marines have a new tactic to tackle drones — just shoot them down