
Originally Posted by
tivo4mevo
This could work. I saw on slashdot some time ago, a conference presentation of an Arduino based device (I believe) to sit between a SATA device and the victim, and it would alter a file accessed when the victim accessed it a second time (first time is to measure/check the file, second time is to execute). This type of attack could probably work against a tivo, but unless there's a fair amount of reusable code, it might be a lot of work.
Who are you on /.?
You can PM it to me if you're shy.
Too busy TiVo wrangling to watch television anymore.