Smart TV Hacking (Oneconsult Talk at EBU Media Cyber Security Seminar)

Rafael Scheel demonstrates how to remotely take over smart TVs using rogue Hybrid Broadcast Broadband TV signals over the air.

In a presentation to the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), Rafael Scheel (Senior Penetration Tester & Security Researcher at Oneconsult AG) gives an introduction to IoT cyber security and shows in a live hacking demo an attack which allows to remotely takeover bulks of smart TVs over the TV stream signal. About 90% of the TVs sold in the last years are potential victims of similar attacks. oneconsult.com/en/ UPDATE: The DVB Steering Board has approved updates to the technical specifications to prevent man-in-the-middle attacks. Links to the press release and updated spec (BlueBook A137 / TS 102 809): dvb.org/resources/public/pressreleases/dvb_pr263_steering_bo… dvb.org/resources/public/standards/a137_hybrid_broadcast_bro…