It doesn’t seem Ring’s cameras were compromised by an elaborate hack of parent company Amazon’s servers. Instead, login data was likely obtained by examining hacked credentials from other sources, guessing passwords, or throughsocial engineering.Two-factor authenticationcan stop these intrusions, b...
While these instances are rare, they do exploit certain vulnerabilities in wireless home surveillance cameras, so it’s important to know how it happens,how you can tell if your camera’s been hackedalready, and how to secure your home network and evaluate whether your cameras are at risk and...
In case you needed another reminder of the potentially terrifying downside of having a Wi-Fi-connected security camera in your home, consider this: it's surprisingly easy for hackers to gain access to them. Hackers have created software that essentially streamlines the process, and are selling ...
A massive operation offers access to hacked camera feeds in bedrooms and at hotels. Stolen videos captured by tens of thousands of security cameras at private properties throughout China are now for sale across social media, marketed as sex tapes. That’s according to the South China Morning Po...
Many of our device cameras remain unsecured. In fact, research has suggested globally there aremore than 15,000 web camera devices(including in homes and businesses) readily accessible to hackers, without even needing to be hacked. Take a tip from Mark Zuckerberg ...
Who is to blame for “hacked” private cameras?https://t.co/WItQAZKAbU#security#webcamspic.twitter.com/k7LcRXH6vX — Kaspersky (@kaspersky)November 21, 2014 Thecreepy website was closedbut the problem did not go away. Last year users of the Russian humor site Pikabu started exploring the...
Your Cameras Probably Weren't Hacked Wyze's Inaction Is the Biggest Concern On March 6th of 2019, security researchers atBitdefendertried to warn Wyze aboutthree major vulnerabilitiesin its smart security cameras. The worst of these flaws, which gives hackers unauthorized access to a Wyze Cam...
Initial reports show the break into the systems as a hack that was not too complicated but involved a bit of effort. On closer inspection, however, it was not. Rather, the attackers exploited a mixture of negligence and a blatantly poor security concept. This is shown in a report byThread...
Over the past few months, stories about security vulnerabilities abound. Clearly this is not an acceptable state of affairs. To combat this, you should secure your security cameras. Let's find out how.
Cameras in stores and financial institutions can also be hacked to expose personally identifiable information (PII) and payment details. For example, the exposed camera featured in the posting below is said to be suitable for collecting credit card data. There are also requests ...