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Recently HackerGiraffe and j3ws3r hijacked more than 70,000 Chromecasts to make people aware about the security risks of devices exposed to internet and promoted Pewdiepie. They took advantage of exposed UPnP ports of home routers to hijack Chromecast devices and play their content. Inspired from this hack, thewhiteh4t has created killcast, an open source tool […]
Manipulate Chromecast Devices in your Network. Inspiration – Thousands of Google Chromecast Devices Hijacked to Promote PewDiePieThis tool is a Proof of Concept and is for Research Purposes Only, killcast shows how Chromecast devices can be easily manipulated and hijacked by anyone. Features Extract Interesting Information such as Build Version, Country, Timezone etc Rename Reboot Perform […]
A security consultancy firm going by the name Bishop Fox informed Google of a UPnP bug in 2014 that has affected Chromecast devices and could allow hackers to play any YouTube video they want. Five years have passed, and the bug persists. Now two goodwill hackers have taken the matter into their own hands and have […]
During this attack were compromised thousands of devices such as Chromecast and Google Home, in addition to smart TVs Two hackers claim to have hijacked thousands of intelligent devices, such as the streaming device Chromecast, Google Home smart speakers, even smart TVs, exposed on the Internet to play a video in which the victims of […]
Hackers behind the hacking spree are urging users to change their router settings and subscribe to PewDiePie’s YouTube. Last month, it was reported that a group of hackers compromised thousands of printers around the world to send printouts urging users to subscribe to Felix Kjellberg aka PewDiePie’s official YouTube channel and unsubscribe from T-Series’s channel. In total […]
If you’re among the people having a Chromecast, streaming content on your television isn’t any easier. Mostly, people use Chromecast to cast content from their Android or iOS device. But there are also users who prefer to cast from their PCs via Google Chrome. In the past, we have already told about some great things […]
Information technology and information security training experts have found a strange and maybe dangerous flaw in the privacy of these devices that could filter their location to potential attackers. In simple terms, this failure would allow web sites to gather the exact geographical location of users of these devices, executing a malicious script. Google, on […]
Craig Young, an IT security expert from Tripwire has found an unusual and potentially dangerous privacy flaw in Google Home and Chromecast devices leaking location data of their users. Simply put, the issue lets websites gather exact geographical location of users by running malicious scripts. Google, on the other hand, is aware of the issue and vows to fix […]
Switching connection between Chromecast (read: What is Chromecast?) and Xbox gaming console is quite an irritating task when your TV has limited number of HDMI ports available. These devices are meant to be connected all the time but what we do mostly is keep changing cables. Chromecast compatibility on Microsoft Xbox One is a serious advantage. You […]
Short Bytes: The Chromecast line of digital media players is probably one of the easiest and cheapest streaming devices in the market. It connects to the devices present on a wireless network and streams music, videos, mirror devices and browser tabs to a bigger display. Users can also use Chromecast to stream games from a […]
Short Bytes: If you have a Google Chromecast device, you can set it up using a plethora of devices running Android, iOS, Windows, Linux, and MacOS. All you need is the Google Home app or Chrome browser to configure Chromecast to work on your home WiFi network. After you’re done with the unboxing, you can […]
Short Bytes: Chromecast is a streaming device by Google that enables content streaming from smartphone and tablets to an HDMI-compatible TV. This article includes a number of Chromecast tips and tricks which can be helpful and improve your Chromecast experience. I think getting a Chromecast is one of the initial steps towards achieving our fully wireless dreams. […]