jeremylatz
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Easily hackable and spied on?
every camera is...unless you take the proper precautions...start reading the forumEasily hackable and spied on?
Thanks so much @crw030 - I'll have a search for those resources. You make excellent points.In the age of "script kiddies" is there anything truly unhackable, new code (Nintendo Switch) and old things get hacked all the time? Security vulnerabilities are always being identified on tons of platforms, usually the general security arguments are "keep your stuff patched and updated" and "defense in depth" guidelines (like put your fully patched system behind a firewall, and put anti-virus and anti-malware software on it).
Pivot to the IP camera, black-box NVR, PTP Cameras (the stuff you can buy off the shelf at Best Buy), smart appliances and even consumer routers (which almost everyone in the world with an Internet connection has) and you start to see why these are ripe targets for bad actors:
So YES Hikvision and Dahua cameras can be hacked easily, as can a mountain of other networked things. That's why if you look around the forums you'll see a LOT of guidance away from port-forwarding (allowing anyone on the internet to connect to your cameras) and network segregation strategies along with camera isolation strategies to prevent cameras themselves from "phoning home".
- Some vendors don't provide patches or patch aggressively to address vulnerabilities for your <insert random internet-connected device here> ?
- How often would a typical consumer patch or update their <insert random internet-connected device here> even if the vendor provided those patches for free and regularly? A certain percentage of the population just wants to plug it in and have it work.
- there is typically very little effort required and potential for even financial gain for the bad actor to takeover your equipment. See https://hotforsecurity.bitdefender.com/blog/website-down-ddos-for-hire-site-webstresser-shut-by-crime-agencies-19802.html was just reading over lunch.
- Once they compromise one device inside your firewall, they can more easily scan for other vulnerable devices on your typical simple consumer network because they've reduced your layers of defense.
HI TigerwillowI'm curious what the extent of the risks are. Is it just that somebody could get images off your camera and mess with its configuration? Or could it be something like the camera hacks into your PC and sends all your account numbers and passwords out, forwards audio from your smart TV's microphone, gives full access to your network, or anything along those lines.
Yes, on it. I missed your earlier post for some reason. thanks fenderman.every camera is...unless you take the proper precautions...start reading the forum
There are two big issues. First, it gives potential attackers a beachhead on your network. "A man on the inside", so to speak. They can use the camera as a platform to probe the rest of your network. The second issue is that it can be conscripted into a botnet. So the next time you hear that some popular web site was overwhelmed by several terabits per second of junk traffic, taking it off the net, your camera or NVR may have played a role in that.I'm curious what the extent of the risks are. Is it just that somebody could get images off your camera and mess with its configuration? Or could it be something like the camera hacks into your PC and sends all your account numbers and passwords out, forwards audio from your smart TV's microphone, gives full access to your network, or anything along those lines.
that is meaningless drivel. They have the same security risk as any other china camera and that is why you need to never expose ANY ip camera or NVR to the internet.Fyi:
Thanks for sharing!My sharing of the YouTube clip was simply because I came over it...