Flaws in Emergency Alert System Hardware Allow Remote Login, Zombie Alert InsertionThere are a set of easily exploited vulnerabilities in the appliances used in the emergency alert system (EAS) that could be used by attackers to log in to these boxes remotely and send fake emergency alerts like the one that interrupted a TV broadcast in Montana on Monday. The vulnerabilities include authentication bypasses and other bugs that a researcher says can be used to compromise the ENDEC machines that are responsible for sending out alerts over the EAS on TV and radio.
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Flaws in Emergency Alert System Hardware Allow Remote Login, Zombie Alert Insertion
