Somebody’s watching! When cameras are more than just ‘smart’

Minimalist · Mar 12, 2018

Every year the number of smart devices grows. Coffee machines, bracelets, fridges, cars and loads of other useful gadgets have now gone smart. We are now seeing the emergence of smart streets, roads and even cities.

Devices such as smart cameras have long been part of everyday life for many, as communication devices, components in security and video surveillance systems, to keep an eye on pets, etc.

The latest smart cameras can connect to the cloud. This is done so that a user can watch what’s happening at a remote location using a variety of devices.

The researchers at Kaspersky Lab ICS CERT decided to check the popular smart camera to see how well protected it is against cyber abuses. This model has a rich feature list, compares favorably to regular webcams and can be used as a baby monitor, a component in a home security system or as part of a monitoring system.

An initial analysis using publicly available sources showed that there are almost 2,000 of these cameras on the Internet with public IP addresses.
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https://securelist.com/somebodys-watching-when-cameras-are-more-than-just-smart

Minimalist · Jun 6, 2018

Another baby monitor camera hacked

Hacking IoT baby monitor cameras may not be high on the priority list for most attackers, but that doesn’t mean someone is not getting off on remotely spying on families. That is a lesson learned the hard way by a 24-year-old South Carolina mom who awoke to the baby monitor camera pointed at her. She didn’t think anything of it until the camera moved on its own again to watch the spot where she breastfeeds her infant son.
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https://www.csoonline.com/article/3279194/security/another-baby-monitor-camera-hacked.html

Minimalist · Jun 22, 2018

Don't panic, but your baby monitor can be hacked into a spycam

Security researchers say they can back up a mother's claim that her baby monitor had been remotely hacked and used to spy on her family.

SEC Consult says it found flaws in the Fredi Wi-Fi baby monitor that would allow an outside attacker to remotely connect to the device and use its built in camera without authentication.
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https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/06/22/baby_monitor_hacked/

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