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Hack Your Own Samsung TV With The CIA’s Weeping Angel Exploit

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[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

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Hack Your Own Samsung TV With The CIA’s Weeping Angel Exploit

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[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

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A Tale of Three Smartphones

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For the past few weeks, I’ve been evaluating three smartphones that represent some of the best choices available in their respective pricing categories. Here are some early recommendations.
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Samsung Galaxy S8+ Second Impressions: Impressive, Overwhelming

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Even for a seasoned device reviewer such as myself, the Samsung Galaxy S8+ presents such a wide range of unique capabilities that trying to understand it all up front quickly becomes overwhelming.
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Samsung Galaxy S8+ Second Impressions: Impressive, Overwhelming

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Even for a seasoned device reviewer such as myself, the Samsung Galaxy S8+ presents such a wide range of unique capabilities that trying to understand it all up front quickly becomes overwhelming.
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News in brief: Bose ‘spying’ on users via app; Samsung annoys users over Bixby; Microsoft raps gag orders

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News in brief: NATO cyberthreat centre launches; Yahoo ‘hacker’ denied bail; Samsung delays AI assistant

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Speechless: Galaxy S8 to Launch Without Bixby Voice in the U.S.

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Samsung admitted this week that the flagship handset will not include full Bixby personal digital assistant functionality in the US. Instead, its most critical feature, voice control, will come later.
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