Samsung's open-source Tizen operating system is reportedly affected by a large number of vulnerabilities. Motherboard reports Tizen has dozens of zero-days, making users very vulnerable to attacks from hackers. Amihai Neiderman, a Kaspersky researcher who spoke with Motherboard, said "it may be the worst code I've ever seen."
Everything you can do wrong there, they do it. You can see that nobody with any understanding of security looked at this code or wrote it.- Neiderman
One of the flaws allows a hacker to put malicious code in a Tizen app update. Security measures that are supposed to prevent unverified software from being installed can be bypassed.
Another issue with the OS is that Tizen fails to use encryption when transmitting some kinds of data.
Tizen is running on over 30 million smart TVs, millions of Gear smartwatches, and some other devices.
We are fully committed to cooperating with Mr. Neiderman to mitigate any potential vulnerabilities. Through our SmarTV Bug Bounty program, Samsung is committed to working with security experts around the world to mitigate any security risks.- Samsung
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