
This tool can hijack a chromecast that connect to your network, Coded by thewhiteh4t Killcast is inspired by Subscribe To PewDiePie accident, because in that situation thousands of chromecast devices has been hacked to promote PewDiePie.
Overview
Inspiration – Thousands of Google Chromecast Devices Hijacked to Promote PewDiePie
This tool is a Proof of Concept and is for Research Purposes Only, killcast shows how Chromecast devices can be easily manipulated and hijacked by anyone.
Features
- Extract Interesting Information such as Build Version, Country, Timezone etc
- Rename
- Reboot
- Perform Factory Reset
- Kill Active Applications such as YouTube, Netflix and Google Play Music
What is not working
- Play any YouTube Video
- Unable to kill Play Music
- Other things that we are not aware of 😉
Tested On :
- BlackArch Linux
- Kali Linux 2019.1
- Ubuntu 18.04
- Termux

Installation
BlackArch
pacman -S killcast
Ubuntu / Kali Linux / Termux
git clone https://github.com/thewhiteh4t/killcast.git cd killcast pip3 install requests
Usage
python3 killcast.py -h
usage: killcast.py [-h] -t IP
Manipulate Chromecast Devices in your Network
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-t IP, --ip IP IP Address of Chromecast
python3 killcast.py -t 192.168.0.100