Smart TV
Did a hacked smart TV upload footage of couple having sofa sex to a porn website?
Jul 10, 2019A news report claims that hackers were able to secretly capture intimate footage of a married couple and upload it to a porn website. But I’ve got a number of questions…
Smashing Security podcast #133: Cookie cock-ups, Hong Kong protests, and smart TV virus scans
Jun 20, 2019We head to Hong Kong to look at how technology has helped anti-government protesters (and how China has tried to disrupt it), Samsung is skittish over whether to tell TV owners to virus-scan their devices, and you won’t believe whose website is not GDPR-compliant. All this and much more is discussed in the latest edition of the award-winning “Smashing Security” podcast by computer security veterans Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault, joined this week by James Thomson.
TheHackerGiraffe says he’s retired from hacking smart TVs to promote PewDiePie
Jan 3, 2019TheHackerGiraffe, the hacker who breached innocent users’ unsecured printers, Google Chromecast streaming devices, and smart TVs to promote the PewDiePie YouTube channel, has announced his retirement.
Smashing Security podcast #007: ‘ASCII art attack’
Feb 9, 2017Printers start churning out ASCII art after a vigilante hacker hijacks 160,000 devices, a researcher reveals how you can get Donald Trump to tweet an embarrassing spoof video of himself, and has your smart TV been snooping on you? Check out our latest “Smashing Security” podcast.
Yes, even smart TVs can be hit by Android ransomware
Jun 14, 2016Researchers are actively tracking a ransomware family whose variants can infect all Android devices, including smart TVs. David Bisson reports.
Stop talking in front of Samsung TVs… if you value your privacy
Feb 9, 2015Your internet-enabled Samsung Smart TV could be listening to everything you say, and sharing it with third parties. Read more in my article on the We Live Security blog.
Philips Smart TVs riddled with security and privacy flaws, researcher reveals
Mar 28, 2014A researcher has discovered that so-called Smart TVs from Philips suffer from a number of serious security flaws that could allow hackers to steal information from attached USB sticks, play pornographic movies as a prank, and hackers access viewers’ online accounts.
LG fumbles response to Smart TV spying revelation, withdraws Smart Ad video
Nov 25, 2013Here’s the video that LG doesn’t want you to see. See for yourself what the firm may have been planning to do with its Smart Ad technology, which can snoop on your TV watching behaviour.
LG says it will push out firmware update for spy TVs, but fails to apologise
Nov 21, 2013What’s gone so wrong with big companies that they can’t simply say *sorry* when they screw up? LG says you’ll now be able to turn off its TVs’ spy capability.
How your LG Smart TV can spy on you
Nov 20, 2013Do you have an LG Smart TV? Were you aware it was collecting information about your TV viewing habits? And, worst of all, that you can’t stop it doing so.