Food for thought when you are 'port-forwarding' or enabling UPnP.

[alastairstevenson]

I wonder which large manufacturer leaned on him? There are quite a few candidates.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/10/08/hitb_remote_exploit_ip_cameras/
It comes hot on the heels of the recent Snowden claims that GCHQ can easily access and surreptitiously take over any smartphone, even if it is 'switched off'.

 

[jordanb]

That shodan website is quite interesting

 

[alastairstevenson]

Not something you should be messing with - you never know who will be watching and what tripwires you've triggered!

 

[jordanb]

Yep very true, only had a quick scan of the site, mainly to see if I could see anything relating to me.