Collaborate Disseminate
One boring evening, [XenRE] was looking through service menus on their LG Smart TV (Russian, Google Translate), such menus accessible through use of undocumented IR remote codes. In other words, …read more Continue reading What’s That AccessUSB Menu In My LG SmartTV?
I have said it before, and I will say it again — Smart devices are one of the dumbest technologies, so far, when it comes to protecting users’ privacy and security.
As more and more smart devices are being sold worldwide, consumers should be aware of … Continue reading SUPRA Smart TV Flaw Lets Attackers Hijack Screens With Any Video
[Wikileaks] has just published the CIA’s engineering notes for Weeping Angel Samsung TV Exploit. This dump includes information for field agents on how to exploit the Samsung’s F-series TVs, turning them into remotely controlled spy microphones that can send audio back to their HQ.
An attacker needs physical access to exploit the Smart TV, because they need to insert a USB drive and press keys on the remote to update the firmware, so this isn’t something that you’re likely to suffer personally. The exploit works by pretending to turn off the TV when the user puts the TV into standby. …read more
Continue reading Hack Your Own Samsung TV With The CIA’s Weeping Angel Exploit
[Wikileaks] has just published the CIA’s engineering notes for Weeping Angel Samsung TV Exploit. This dump includes information for field agents on how to exploit the Samsung’s F-series TVs, turning them into remotely controlled spy microphones that can send audio back to their HQ.
An attacker needs physical access to exploit the Smart TV, because they need to insert a USB drive and press keys on the remote to update the firmware, so this isn’t something that you’re likely to suffer personally. The exploit works by pretending to turn off the TV when the user puts the TV into standby. …read more
Continue reading Hack Your Own Samsung TV With The CIA’s Weeping Angel Exploit
[Rafael Scheel] a security consultant has found that hacking smart TVs takes nothing much more than an inexpensive DVB-T transmitter, The transmitter has to be in range of the target TV and some malicious signals. The hack works by exploiting hybrid broadcast broadband TV signals and widely known about bugs in web browsers commonly run on smart TVs, which seem run in the background almost all the time.
Scheel was commissioned by Cyber security company Oneconsult, to create the exploit which once deployed, gave full root privileges enabling the attacker to setup and SSH into the TV taking complete control …read more
Continue reading Remotely Get Root On Most Smart TVs With Radio Signals
The Internet-connected devices are growing at an exponential rate, and so are threats to them.
Due to the insecure implementation, a majority of Internet-connected embedded devices, including Smart TVs, Refrigerators, Microwaves, Security Cameras, and printers, are routinely being hacked and used as weapons in cyber attacks.
We have seen IoT botnets like Mirai – possibly the biggest
Continue reading Over 85% Of Smart TVs Can Be Hacked Remotely Using Broadcasting Signals
Do you own a Smartwatch, Smart TV, Smart fridge, or any Internet-connected smart device?
If your answer is yes, then you need to know the latest interest of the cyber criminals in the field of Internet of Things.
Ransomware!
After targeting hospital… Continue reading Android Ransomware now targets your Smart TV, Too!