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I didn't see in the article, how does the TV become infected? I presume that users of "smart TVs" are mostly using built-in apps for Netflix, Hulu, etc; is the
by steven777400 10y ago
I didn't see in the article, how does the TV become infected? I presume that users of "smart TVs" are mostly using built-in apps for Netflix, Hulu, etc; is there some existing vulnerability that allows this to connect to the TV over the network and exploit it? Or does it require the victim to access website from the TV's browser? (Do smart TVs have browsers?) Or install an app on the TV?
- jbob2000 10y agoYeah, that part was missing from the article. It looks like it phishes the user into installing the ransomeware app, but they have to download the app before that happens. I'm assuming that a user would be browsing the web on their TV and some website has abused the schema for installing apps through the smartTV app store.