Stingray Automated Application Security Analysis Platform

Stingray is a platform for automated security analysis of mobile applications.

2025: Android TV Support

AppSec Solutions' Stingray mobile application security research platform has support for Android TV. The service will conduct automated analysis of applications for TVs and set-top boxes for them. The developer announced this on May 15, 2025.

Now experts cyber security mobile applications on will explore applications, online movie theaters TV channels, games and music. As the first checks of "Stingray" showed vulnerabilities , no less was found in them than in applications for, but smartphones there are technical features. Bad news for those who like to download pirated applications for watching movies and TV shows - dubious applications may contain code that harmful can penetrate the entire system, especially when using inexpensive Android consoles.

When using set-top boxes with root access, the entire account may be at risk, since the Android TV ecosystem allows full access to the entire file system of the device. Any of the installed applications may contain additional functionality that allows hackers to gain remote access to the device and make it, for example, part of a botnet and get the account of the official application to which the user's bank card is tied, "said Yuli Shabalin, Product Director of Stingray, AppSec Solutions.

If the set-top box is also integrated into the "smart home" system, the attackers have even more opportunities to spoil the lives of users, the expert emphasized.

The developers of the Stingray platform have already started working with online setters for Android TV. In the future, the platform's functionality is planned to be expanded - to start working with applications for other devices, in particular tablets.