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Smart TV hacks over the air

RJS (undefined) posted this on Saturday, 1st April 2017, 08:00

Looks like TVs are too trusting of firmware upgrades over the digital broadcast network:
https://arstechnica.com/security/2017/03/smart-tv-hack-embeds-attack-code-into-broadcast-signal-no-access-required/

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Scheel's approach, by contrast, can work against many TVs at once and eliminates the need for the attacker to physically control the device. Instead, the hacker need only turn on a transmitter that's within range of a large number of sets, say, in a densely populated apartment building or from a balcony that's near a TV of interest.


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