Defending Against IoT Security Camera Hacks Like Verkada

Verkada was the target of a successful cyberattack that allowed the perpetrators unfettered access to the live video feeds of 150,000 surveillance cameras. Network monitoring technology could have alerted them to the attack – and helped them contain an… Continue reading Defending Against IoT Security Camera Hacks Like Verkada

Ring’s Flying In-Home Camera Drone Escalates Privacy Worries

Privacy fears are blasting off after Amazon’s Ring division unveiled the new Always Home Cam, a smart home security camera drone. Continue reading Ring’s Flying In-Home Camera Drone Escalates Privacy Worries

Consumer Privacy in Question Over Ring Video Files

Recently we learned that Ring, the video surveillance and security equipment/service provider (owned by Amazon), had allowed its research and development staff wide access to its users’ video files. Just how wide? It appears, according to The In… Continue reading Consumer Privacy in Question Over Ring Video Files

Ubiquitous Video Surveillance and the Policing Paradigm Change it Brings

Policing in the 21st Century is obviously changing rapidly. New technological advances are fundamentally changing the way in which police forces and related government entities can track, locate, and collect evidence.
Two game changing technologies – w… Continue reading Ubiquitous Video Surveillance and the Policing Paradigm Change it Brings

NVR Software Flaw Threatens Thousands of Devices

A network video recorder (NVR) application used by organizations from around the world to control surveillance cameras contains a critical vulnerability that could expose devices to hacking. The flaw was found by researchers from security firm Tenable… Continue reading NVR Software Flaw Threatens Thousands of Devices

Security Flaws Allow Attackers to Hijack 400 Axis Camera Models

Axis Communications, one of the largest manufacturers of video surveillance equipment in the world, has fixed critical security flaws that affect some 390 of its network camera models. The vulnerabilities were found by researchers from IoT security fi… Continue reading Security Flaws Allow Attackers to Hijack 400 Axis Camera Models