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Push To Hack: Reverse Engineering an IP Camera (contextis.com)

New submitter tetraverse writes: For our most recent IoT adventure, we've examined an outdoor cloud security camera [the Motorola Focus 73] which like many devices of its generation a) has an associated mobile app b) is quick to setup and c) presents new security threats to your network. From the article: This blog describes in detail how we were able to exploit the camera without access to the local network, steal secrets including the home networkâ(TM)s Wi-Fi password, obtain full control of the PTZ (Pan-Tilt-Zoom) controls and redirect the video feed and movement alerts to our own server; effectively watching the watchers.

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  1. So, if one actually wanted to RTFA... by bbsguru · · Score: 4, Informative

    Where would one look?

    1. Re:So, if one actually wanted to RTFA... by Frederic54 · · Score: 4, Informative

      It's at the right of the title
      http://www.contextis.com/resou...

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