smart TV

Pierluigi Paganini June 03, 2019
Expert shows how to Hack a Supra Smart Cloud TV

Supra Smart Cloud TV allows remote file inclusion in the openLiveURL function, which allows a local attacker to broadcast fake video without any authentication Summary:Supra Smart Cloud TV allows remote file inclusion in the openLiveURL function, which allows a local attacker to broadcast fake video without any authentication via a /remote/media_control?action=setUri&uri=URI Technical Observation: We are abusing […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 06, 2018
Sony Bravia Smart TVs affected by a critical vulnerability

Experts at FortiGuard Labs team discovered three vulnerabilities in eight Sony Bravia smart TVs, one of them rated as critical. Patch management is a crucial aspect for IoT devices, smart objects are surrounding us and represent a privileged target for hackers. Experts at FortiGuard Labs team discovered three vulnerabilities (a stack buffer overflow, a directory traversal, […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 14, 2016
Watch out, FLocker Ransomware targets Android smart TVs

The day has come, Sharp and Philips smart TV running the Android TV OS could be infected by a ransomware dubbed FLocker ransomware. When a journalist asked me which is a possible evolution of ransomware I had no doubt, the Internet of Things. I was thinking of ransomware that infects medical devices and Smart objects in our homes. […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 20, 2013
British blogger discovered LG Smart TV spying on users

British blogger revealed that his LG Smart TV collects and sends details about the owners’ viewing habits even if the users have activated a privacy setting. Exactly one year ago we discussed about the possibility to exploit a vulnerability in Samsung Smart TV to penetrate our domestic network to spy on us or to serve a malware. […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 13, 2012
How to get into your house through SmartTV

It’s time of analysis for the past year and forecasts on what will be the main cyber threats for next year, F-Secure Labs proposed the following Top 7 Predictions for 2013: The end of the Internet as we know it? Leaks will reveal more government-sponsored espionage tools Commoditization of mobile malware will increase Another malware […]