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Samsung TVs Can Be Hacked Into Endless Restart Loop

Posted by timothy on from the you-were-warned dept.

Gunkerty Jeb writes "Italian security researcher Luigi Auriemma was trying to play a trick on his brother when he accidentally discovered two vulnerabilities in all current versions of Samsung TVs and Blu-Ray systems that could allow an attacker to gain remote access to those devices. Auriemma claims that the vulnerabilities will affect all Samsung devices with support for remote controllers, and that the vulnerable protocol is on both TVs and Blu-Ray enabled devices. One of the bugs leads to a loop of endless restarts while the other could cause a potential buffer overflow."

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  1. On The Up Side ... by WrongSizeGlass · · Score: 4, Funny

    On the up side you can't be inundated with endless commercials if your TV is in an endless restart loop ;-)

  2. Re:TV by drinkypoo · · Score: 4, Funny

    My parents recently got a 52" Internet connected Samsung TV. Any way I could use this to replace the crap Samsung apps with something better?

    Sure. Just give me the IP address...

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  3. Did you try... by kiehlster · · Score: 3, Funny

    This does eliminate the age old IT question, "Did you try turning it off and on again?"

  4. Re:TV by JoeCommodore · · Score: 5, Funny

    My parents recently got a 52" Internet connected Samsung TV. Any way I could use this to replace the crap Samsung apps with something better?

    Sure. Just give me the IP address...

    It's 127.0.0.1 - hack away!

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  5. Re:Great trick by Jeremiah+Cornelius · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hey! Deja Vu,

    I think I've seen this movie before...

    Hey! Deja Vu,

    I think I've seen this movie before...

    Hey! Deja Vu,

    I think I've seen this movie before...

    Hey!

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  6. Re:TV by higuita · · Score: 4, Funny

    hey, you already created my username and setup my personal password?! ! how did you know then!?

    I will teach you a lesson, i'm doing pipe the /dev/zero to your HD right now!!

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  7. Re:Great trick by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    This or this or this or this or this?

  8. Re:Anybody pine for that golden age by Howitzer86 · · Score: 4, Funny

    If you're broke like me, you're still living in the golden age.

  9. Re:TV by fahrbot-bot · · Score: 3, Funny

    I will teach you a lesson, i'm doing pipe the /dev/zero to your HD right now!!

    Probably more interesting than most Prime Time shows.

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