Collaborate Disseminate
Printers start churning out ASCII art after a vigilante hacker hijacks 160,000 devices, a researcher reveals how you can get Donald Trump to tweet an embarrassing spoof video of himself, and has your smart TV been snooping on you?
Check out our latest … Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #007: ‘ASCII art attack’
The FTC has just settled a case with Vizio, saying that the company has been quietly capturing pixels from their smart TVs, matching those pixels to databases of content, and selling that information (and corresponding IP add… Continue reading Block outgoing network traffic from "Smart" TV
The FTC has just settled a case with Vizio, saying that the company has been quietly capturing pixels from their smart TVs, matching those pixels to databases of content, and selling that information (and corresponding IP add… Continue reading Block outgoing network traffic from "Smart" TV
Your government is spying on you! Businesses are spying on you! Your phone and browser are constantly spying on you! Even your TV is spying on you!
Yes, you should also worry about your “smart” TV, as one of the world’s biggest smart TV makers Vizio h… Continue reading Smart TV Maker Fined $2.2 Million For Spying on Its 11 Million Users
By WaqasFLocker malware was once found targeting Android smartphones but itsThis is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Say Hello to Ransomware Targeting Smart TV Continue reading Say Hello to Ransomware Targeting Smart TV
Researchers are actively tracking a ransomware family whose variants can infect all Android devices, including smart TVs.
David Bisson reports.
Continue reading Yes, even smart TVs can be hit by Android ransomware
If you own a Sharp and Philips smart TV running the Android TV OS, you should know that it could be hit by FLocker, a device-locking ransomware that targets both Android-powered mobile devices and smart TVs. FLocker (short for “Frantic Locker”) has been around for a year, and its developer(s) are doing their best to keep the threat current. It’s usually delivered to victims via spam SMS or malicious links. “The latest variant of FLocker … More → Continue reading Ransomware targets Android smart TVs
On Monday Apple has pushed out updates for its many products: iOS, OS X, OS X Server, Safari, watchOS, tvOS, and Xcode. Of these, the most eagerly awaited was that for iOS, as it fixes a recently unveiled vulnerability (CVE-2016-1788) that could allow an attacker who is able to bypass Apple’s certificate pinning, intercept TLS connections, inject messages, and record encrypted attachment-type messages to be able to read attachments. The vulnerability was discovered by a … More → Continue reading Apple updates its products, fixes iMessages zero-day
With the proliferation of smart TVs, we can now browse the web, download movies and stream videos on a TV. A smart TV is essentially a computer. However, unlike a computer, a smart TV comes with an OS pre-installed by the man… Continue reading What security features should a smart TV have?