Thursday, April 27, 2017

Samsung Smart TV flaw leaves devices open to hackers

From Sophos Naked Security:

Samsung Smart TV flaw leaves devices open to hackers

"Your Samsung Smart TV might be pretty dumb.

Penetration testing firm Neseso has found that a 32-inch Tizen-based smart TV, first released as part of the 2015 model year and still being sold in North America, isn’t authenticating devices that connect to it via Wi-Fi Direct.

Rather than requiring a password or PIN to authenticate devices that want to connect to the TV – like, say, your smartphone when you want to use it as a remote control – it’s relying on a whitelist of devices that the user’s already authorized."

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