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Researchers have found a vulnerability in an unspecified model of a Samsung LED 3D TV that they exploited to get root access to the TV and any attached USB drives. The bug, which can be used to gai...
Here's what the researchers found they could access:
TV settings and channel lists
SecureStorage accounts
Widgets and their configurations
History of USB movies
ID
Firmware
Whole partitions
USB drives attached to the TV
Gust MEES's insight:
I don't STOP to say it again and again: Nobody Is Perfect and any device connecting to Internet is vulnerable as it contains a at least a mini-computer and any mini-computer is vulnerable! Protect YOUR computer(s) and Smartphone(s):
- http://gustmees.wordpress.com/2012/11/29/cyber-hygiene-ict-hygiene-for-population-education-and-business/
Here's what the researchers found they could access:
TV settings and channel lists
SecureStorage accounts
Widgets and their configurations
History of USB movies
ID
Firmware
Whole partitions
USB drives attached to the TV
Gust MEES's insight:
I don't STOP to say it again and again: Nobody Is Perfect and any device connecting to Internet is vulnerable as it contains a at least a mini-computer and any mini-computer is vulnerable! Protect YOUR computer(s) and Smartphone(s):
- http://gustmees.wordpress.com/2012/11/29/cyber-hygiene-ict-hygiene-for-population-education-and-business/
Company name: Samsung
Economic activity segment: Technology
Use of ICT: New technolgy combined with the internet and several other options. For example connecting your television with Facebook or Youtube
Objectives: Customer Satisfaction and Innovation