LG and Samsung Smart TV Apps Found Monetizing Users’ IP Addresses via Proxy SDKs
ID: 3750c242-bace-5a98-8ec5-938f460f10d9
STIX ID: report--3750c242-bace-5a98-8ec5-938f460f10d9
Feed Name: GBHackers
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Researchers scanned 6,038 smart TV apps on LG webOS and Samsung Tizen and identified 2,058 apps embedding residential proxy SDKs (including SDKs from Bright Data and Honeygain), which can run persistently and route third-party traffic through users' home IP addresses; this practice raises large-scale privacy and security risks, can enable lateral movement into internal networks, and is exacerbated by opaque backend controls and inconsistent platform policies.
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