How to protect IP surveillance cameras from Wi-Fi jamming

Gone are the days of criminals cutting camera wires to evade detection: with the proliferation of affordable internet-connected cameras, burglars must resort to Wi-Fi jamming. Blocking the signal blinds the device and stalls home and business surveilla… Continue reading How to protect IP surveillance cameras from Wi-Fi jamming

AI to greatly enhance urban surveillance technologies

Urban surveillance and public safety technologies are finding new use cases following the COVID-19 pandemic and increasing AI capabilities. COVID-19 has spurred the use of technologies, such as crowd monitoring, which are here to stay. ABI Research for… Continue reading AI to greatly enhance urban surveillance technologies

Critical bug allows remote compromise, control of millions of IoT devices (CVE-2021-28372)

A vulnerability (CVE-2021-28372) in the SDK that allows IoT devices to use ThroughTek’s Kalay P2P cloud platform could be exploited to remotely compromise and control them, Mandiant researchers have discovered. Further attacks are possible depend… Continue reading Critical bug allows remote compromise, control of millions of IoT devices (CVE-2021-28372)

150,000 Verkada Cams Hacked, but it Gets Worse

Countless employees and interns routinely had access to Verkada customers’ video feeds
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Exposing the privacy risks of home security cameras

An international study has used data from a major provider of home IP security cameras to evaluate potential privacy risks for users. Privacy-compromising information IP home security cameras are Internet-connected security cameras that can be installe… Continue reading Exposing the privacy risks of home security cameras

Computer science student discovers privacy flaws in security and doorbell cameras

Ring, Nest, SimpliSafe and eight other manufacturers of internet-connected doorbell and security cameras have been alerted to systemic design flaws discovered by Florida Tech computer science student Blake Janes that allows a shared account that appear… Continue reading Computer science student discovers privacy flaws in security and doorbell cameras

Zyxel NAS, firewalls and LILIN DVRs and IP cameras conscripted into IoT botnets

A wide variety of Zyxel and LILIN IoT devices are being conscripted into several botnets, researchers have warned. Users are advised to implement the provided firmware updates to plug the security holes exploited by the botmasters or, if they can&#8217… Continue reading Zyxel NAS, firewalls and LILIN DVRs and IP cameras conscripted into IoT botnets

CDPwn vulnerabilities open millions of Cisco enterprise devices to attack

If you have Cisco equipment in your enterprise network – and chances are good that you have – you should check immediately which feature the newly revealed CDPwn vulnerabilities in Cisco’ proprietary device discovery protocol and impl… Continue reading CDPwn vulnerabilities open millions of Cisco enterprise devices to attack

Cameras: The Backdoor of the Security Industry

Private-label security cameras can be a threat to corporate security. Here’s why. The U.S. Government is finally cracking down on the dirty little secret the security industry has been hiding for years. Last month the FBI raided and arrested the… Continue reading Cameras: The Backdoor of the Security Industry

Derbycon2019, Jimi Sebree’s ‘Assessing IoT Surveillance/Analysis of ARLO Security Camera & Base Station’

Many Thanks to Adrian Crenshaw (Irongeek), and his Videographer Colleagues for Sharing His and Their Outstanding Videos Of This Last And Important DerbyCon 2019.
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