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Iranian TV Transmission Hacked With Message from Exiled Prince
Unidentified hackers disrupted Iranian state television to broadcast messages from exiled Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi. Read about the economic crisis, the internet blackout, and the latest reports on the protest death toll.
January 21, 2026
BADBOX 2.0 Found Preinstalled on Android IoT Devices Worldwide
BADBOX variant BADBOX 2.0 found preinstalled on Android IoT devices in 222 countries, turning them into proxy nodes used in fraud and large-scale malicious activity.
July 16, 2025
Latvian TV Channels Hacked to Broadcast Russian Victory Day Parade
Confused Latvians woke up to the Russian Victory Day parade on their TVs! Hackers targeted a content delivery network to manipulate broadcasts exposing media supply chain vulnerabilities.
May 11, 2024
91,000 Smart LG TV Devices Vulnerable to Remote Takeover
LG TVs vulnerable! Update now to block hackers from taking control & stealing data (webOS 4-7). Millions at risk!
April 9, 2024
Android TV Boxes Infected with Backdoors, Compromising Home Networks
The Android TV box you recently purchased may be riddled with harmful backdoors.
October 8, 2023
Amazon Still Selling T95 TV Box with Pre-Installed Malware
Malwarebytes has confirmed that, despite confirmed reports of the presence of pre-installed malware in T95 TV boxes, Amazon is still allowing their sale.
February 1, 2023
Iran State-Run TV’s Live Transmission Hacked by Edalate Ali Hackers
As seen by Hackread.com, the Iranian broadcaster was hacked while airing a news bulletin on Saturday night.
October 10, 2022
Russian TV Schedules Hacked on Victory Day to Show Anti-War Messages
Hackers targeted Russian television channels’ program names right before Vladimir Putin’s speech on Victory Day to commemorate the…
May 9, 2022
Android TVs from top manufacturer plagued with ‘extraordinary’ flaws
A researcher reported 'extraordinary' vulnerabilities in TCL Android TVs - TCL is the world's 3rd largest TV manufacturer.
November 10, 2020
Flaws expose DVB-T2 set-top boxes to botnet & ransomware attacks
Two popular DVD top-set boxes are vulnerable to both botnet and ransomware attacks.
August 28, 2020