EvilScreen attack: Smart TV hijacking via multi-channel remote control mimicry

• Main Authors: ZHANG, Yiwei, MA, Siqi, CHEN, Tiancheng, LI, Juanru, DENG, Robert H., BERTINO, Elisa
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2024
• Subjects: Smart TV; remote control; multi-channel; authentication and authorization; security analysis; Graphics and Human Computer Interfaces; Information Security
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/9612; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sis_research/article/10612/viewcontent/EvilScreen_av.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Modern smart TVs often communicate with their remote controls (including the smartphone simulated ones) using multiple wireless channels (e.g., Infrared, Bluetooth, and Wi-Fi). However, this multi-channel remote control communication introduces a new attack surface. An inherent security flaw is that...