Televisions equipped with Smart TV functionality based on the Hybrid Broadcast Broadband TV stand to crack through vulnerabilities in the implementation. according to German researchers As could be Samsung TVs even used as Bitcoin miners.
The research on vulnerabilities of HbbTV televisions is performed by three German researchers at the Technical University of Darmstadt and the firm Nruns. They investigated the Samsung UE40ES6300, UE40D6200 and UE46ES7000, televisions that support Smart TV functionality based on the HbbTV standard. During the study, researchers from numerous vulnerabilities that can be exploited by remote attackers came writes SC Magazine.
Some attacks could be carried out once a viewer switched to another channel. The firmware of the TV will then retrieve new data from the Internet and on TV. Attacker would be able to send custom URLs so to show. Certain content to a device Also could be partly because the requested TV stations no ssl so implement and man-in-the-middle attacks are possible. would the researchers managed to HTTP requests so as to ensure that an HbbTV set-BitcoinPlus the javascript code opens and thus a television transforms into a Bitcoin-miner. Also, broadcasters may be using HbbTV and Google Analytics collect statistics on viewer behavior which ratings are manipulated to influence. Vulnerabilities in the various Smart TV platforms are more often found. For example, in December last year found a leak causing root access was possible on certain devices from Samsung. However, this was not a vulnerability in HbbTV. This platform is already used by 20 million TV viewers in Europe is estimated. In the Netherlands NPO carries out tests with HbbTV, tentatively through his satellite channels. RTL and SBS also see bread in HbbTV.
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