Critical Flaws Found in Widely Used IPTV Software for Online Streaming Services

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https://thehackernews.com/2019/06/iptv-software-hacking.html

Security researchers have discovered multiple critical vulnerabilities in a popular IPTV middleware platform that is currently being used by more than a thousand regional and international online media streaming services to manage their millions of subscribers.

Discovered by security researchers at CheckPoint, the vulnerabilities reside in the administrative panel of Ministra TV platform, which if exploited, could allow attackers to bypass authentication and extract subscribers' database, including their financial details.

Besides this, the flaws could also allow attackers to replace broadcast and steam any content of their choice on the TV screens of all affected customer networks.