Vo1d Botnet's Peak Surpasses 1.59M Infected Android TVs, Spanning 226 Countries
Mar 03, 2025
Mobile Security / Botnet
Brazil, South Africa, Indonesia, Argentina, and Thailand have become the targets of a campaign that has infected Android TV devices with a botnet malware dubbed Vo1d . The improved variant of Vo1d has been found to encompass 800,000 daily active IP addresses, with the botnet scaling a peak of 1,590,299 on January 19, 2025, spanning 226 countries and regions. As of February 25, 2025, India has experienced a notable surge in infection rate, increasing from less than 1% (3,901) to 18.17% (217,771). "Vo1d has evolved to enhance its stealth, resilience, and anti-detection capabilities," QiAnXin XLab said . "RSA encryption secures network communication, preventing [command-and-control] takeover even if [the Domain Generation Algorithm] domains are registered by researchers. Each payload uses a unique Downloader, with XXTEA encryption and RSA-protected keys, making analysis harder." The malware was first documented by Doctor Web in September 2024 as affecting Androi...