Samsung Smart TV Hacked With Manipulated Broadcast Signal – Variety (Apr 3, 2017)

Whereas the CIA / Wikileaks stories about Samsung smart TVs being hacked were somewhat overblown (they largely affected older TVs and required physical access to sets), this hack is more worrying because it would affect newer TVs and could be delivered remotely. However, for any kind of widespread effect, it would require hacking into a broadcast or IPTV stream, which in itself would be no mean feat, and of course would only work on TVs that happened to be accessing that stream during the time when it was compromised. Still, the broader worry here is, once again, that any device connected to the internet is at least theoretically vulnerable to hacking, and devices such as TVs with less sophisticated security systems than computers and smartphones are often the most vulnerable and hardest to patch.

via Variety

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• Samsung

• Hacking
• IoT
• Security
• Smart TVs
• TVs

• Declining Privacy & Security
• IoT Security Threats

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