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Liverpool DOOH Screen Hacked

by Yvette Raikes

One of the 18 DOOH screens in the Liverpool One shopping centre in the UK was attacked by hackers to read “We suggest you improve your security. Sincerely, your friendly neighbourhood hackers”. It was …

Tags:DOOH| Large Display Monitor| Security| Vol 24 - Issue 21

Galaxy G8 Eye Security Compromised

by Yvette Raikes

Samsung’s Galaxy S8 smartphone includes iris recognition as an option to unlock the phone. The company originally said that this provided “airtight” security, but the Chaos Computer Club managed to unlock a phone using …

Tags:Gaze Recognition| Mobile Display Monitor| Security| Smartphones| Vol 24 - Issue 21

Security on Media Players is Threatened

by Yvette Raikes

Security firm, Checkpoint Software, has found loopholes in the way four media players handle subtitles. Hackers have been hiding malicious code inside files which provide subtitles, which could steal information, deny services or install …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Media Players| Mobile Display Monitor| Security| Vol 24 - Issue 21

Viaccess-Orca Acquires Squadeo

by Bob Raikes

Viaccess-Orca, which provides protection and enhancement of content services, said that it has acquired Squadeo, a global provider of secure cross-platform OTT premium video solutions for the TV industry. The integration of Squadeo’s multimedia …

Eurofins to Provide Test and QA for Conax

by Alan Spencer

Eurofins Digital Testing has been selected by Conax to provide testing and service validation for Conax certified set-top boxes in Asia. Eurofins Digital Testing will set-up a test centre in Hong Kong to provide …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Security| STBs| Testing| Vol 24 - Issue 19

NexGuard’s Watermarking Used in Hospitality

by Yvette Raikes

Watermarking technology company NexGuard has developed an OTT VOD app for the hospitality sector. Sonifi is using its forensic solution to embed a robust invisible watermark in content delivery of films to hotel guests. …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Pay TV| Security| Vol 24 - Issue 18

LG webOS 3.5 smart TV Platform Certified by Common Criteria

by Alan Spencer

The LG webOS 3.5 smart TV platform has been certified by Common Criteria for its enhanced application security solution version 1.0 software. Security manager, the webOS 3.5 security software module, was tested in accordance …

Has UHD Blu-ray Been Cracked?

by Bob Raikes

A Russian torrent tracker (UltraHDclub) has released a copy of a Blu-ray movie (Smurfs 2) onto Bit Torrent which may suggest that the Blu-ray encryption has been cracked. Although this is not certain, as …

Tags:Blu-ray| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Security| Vol 24 - Issue 18

UHD Forum Issues Forensic Watermarking Guidelines

by Alan Spencer

The Ultra HD Forum has issued its latest guidelines, “UHD Forum Guidelines version 1.3” which includes a new chapter on forensic watermarking. The new guidelines are as a result of a collaboration between leading …

Alticast Secures 4K UHD Content

by Alan Spencer

Alticast has integrated Intel Software Guard Extensions (Intel SGX) technology into its AltiProtect Multi-DRM product. This will eliminate exposure to untrusted areas, and enable secure delivery of 4K UHD online video content from servers …

Cinedigm to Add Support for More Content Protection

by Alan Spencer

Cinedigm has announced that it expects to support Apple FairPlay, Google Widevine and Microsoft PlayReady content protection solutions by the end of this month. This will enable subscribers of Cinedigm’s OTT services to watch …

Samsung’s Tizen “Worst Code I’ve Ever Seen”

by Milos Pavlovic

The Motherboard blog has described the Samsung Tizen OS as a ‘Hacker’s Dream’ and a researcher said that he had found 40 vulnerabilities and the site quotes the researcher as saying “It may be …