When embedded systems development teams investigate which security tools to include in their devices and applications, open source libraries often seem attractive. There seems to be an open source solution for virtually any security protocol, such as OpenSSL, OpenSSH, and the various flavors of "Swan" IPsec (FreeS/WAN, Openswan, and strongSwan).

Despite the fact that embedded systems design teams spend a considerable portion of their overall development budget on testing, embedded systems continue to be buggy and vulnerable to security breaches. Why?

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Technical details on how security researchers were able to hack an Internet-accessible TV, with the purpose of assessing the device's ability to resist security compromises via Internet attacks.