Tracking by Smart TVs

Long Twitter thread about the tracking embedded in modern digital televisions. The thread references three academic papers...

Sony BRAVIA Smart TVs Denial of Service Vulnerability

Sony BRAVIA Smart TVs is a smart TV from Sony Japan. A security vulnerability exists in Sony BRAVIA Smart TVs. The vulnerability can be exploited by an attacker to cause the TV to become stuck, unresponsive, crash the program, and cause the TV to reboot...

Sony Smart TVs Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Sony Smart Tvs are smart TV products from Sony Japan. A log information disclosure vulnerability exists in Sony Smart Tvs. The vulnerability originates from the abnormal output of log files from a networked system or product. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive...

CVE-2019-10886

An incorrect access control exists in the Sony Photo Sharing Plus application in the firmware before PKG6.5629 version for the X7500D TV and other applicable TVs. This vulnerability allows an attacker to read arbitrary files without authentication over HTTP when Photo Sharing Plus application is...

Mirai Variant Adds Dozen New Exploits to Target Enterprise IoT Devices

Security researchers have uncovered a new variant of the infamous Mirai Internet of Things botnet, this time targeting embedded devices intended for use within business environments in an attempt to gain control over larger bandwidth to carry out devastating DDoS attacks. Although the original...

Thousands of Google Chromecast Devices Hijacked to Promote PewDiePie

A group of hackers has hijacked tens of thousands of Google's Chromecast streaming dongles, Google Home smart speakers and smart TVs with built-in Chromecast technology in recent weeks by exploiting a bug that's allegedly been ignored by Google for almost five years. The attackers, who go by...

ICU Project ICU4C Library Vulnerabilities Patched

Multitudes of software packages that make use of the ICU Project C/C++ and Java libraries may need to update after a pair of memory-based vulnerabilities were discovered and subsequently patched. Version 55.1 of the ICU Project ICU4C library, released yesterday, addresses separate heap-based buff...