Researchers discover a
massive security flaw in smart TV’s that allow hackers to intercept data
broadcasts, insert malicious code, and transform the TV into an antenna
that infects all other Internet-connected devices in the household.
Once the television is infected, it seeks out all other devices
connected to the router.
The attacks are untraceable
as no source IP address or DNS server is ever presented, instead,
hackers perform a classic “man-in-the-middle” attack using radio
transmissions. The hijacking, which was discovered by Yossef Oren and
Angelos Keromytis from the Network Security Lab at Columbia University,
can be accomplished with as little as a $250 antenna. (more) (video)