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Android-Based Sony Smart-TVs Open to Image Pilfering

A pair of bugs would allow attackers to compromise the WiFi password of a TV and the multimedia stored inside it. The bugs exist in the Photo Sharing Plus feature of Sony smart-TVs going back to 2015. Sony in response has removed the vulnerable application from all new models and the bugs were disclosed on Monday. The vulnerabilities exist not only in homes but also in companies and organizations where smart TVs are used in conference and meeting rooms, widening the scope of the threat surface. In October, security researchers revealed that eight Sony Bravia smart TV models were vulnerable to a command-injection bug tied to Photo Sharing

Source: https://threatpost.com/android-sony-smart-tvs/144133/

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