El Departamento de Interior de Estados Unidos (DHS) ha avisado de varias vulnerabilidades críticas en el sistema de alerta de emergencias (EAS). Si no se subsanan, un atacante externo podría emitir en Televisión y Radio alertas fraudulentas.
EAS is a national system in the United States that allows authorities to distribute alerts to the population within a period of 10 minutes. These alerts interrupt television and radio programming to broadcast the notice.
Obviously, The details of the vulnerability have been kept secret to prevent exploitation by cybercriminals, But a Proof of Concept is expected to be published at next week's DEF CON conference in Las Vegas.
To mitigate the vulnerability, It is recommended to update EAS equipment to the latest software version, Secure them with a firewall and monitor logs for signs of unauthorized access.