Hackers can violate Blu-ray disc networks

British hacker Stephen Tomkinson has discovered two attacks that can be made with Blu-Ray.Hackers

His first is based on a poor Java application in the known application CyberLink's PowerDVD. PowerDVD plays DVDs on PCs and creates menus using Java, but the way it uses Oracle code allows checks to be bypassed performed by Windows.

The result, as he says NCC Group, is that it is possible for executable Blu-Ray discs to run automatically when Windows starts, even when the settings are forbidden.

The second attack borrows, in part, from his discovery hacker Malcom Stagg, (the Blu Ray rooting process) that exploits code debugging when it starts to launch an external USB. With a new Java Xlet script, hackers can replicate the TCP stream to the net inf daemon, which provides a exploit from a Blu ray disc.

Attackers should first determine the model of the DVD player used by the target to create a security exception specifically for this.

Tomkinson recommends that concerned users avoid playing Blu-Ray discs from untrusted sources, and prevent discs from Auto-playing and on the Internet.

iGuRu.gr The Best Technology Site in Greecefgns

every publication, directly to your inbox

Join the 2.100 registrants.

Written by giorgos

George still wonders what he's doing here ...

Leave a reply

Your email address is not published. Required fields are mentioned with *

Your message will not be published if:
1. Contains insulting, defamatory, racist, offensive or inappropriate comments.
2. Causes harm to minors.
3. It interferes with the privacy and individual and social rights of other users.
4. Advertises products or services or websites.
5. Contains personal information (address, phone, etc.).