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

Posted by timothy on from the well-lookie-here dept.

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. Why people do not fight back... by martiniturbide · · Score: 3, Insightful

    ..cloud exclusive hardware? It is not only about security but also as control of the hardware you paid for. http://martin.iturbide.com/201...

  2. Re:dimothy continues to fail by rlh100 · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Mr asshole, please keep your spell checking fascism comments to yourself. As someone who has struggled all my 50+ years of my life with spelling and writing, I know how shaming your "helpful" comments are. Rather than helping they are more likely to shut the writer down. Silencing their voice. To include profanity in your "helpful" comment you double down on silencing their voice. So next time keep your unhelpful comments to yourself. If you really can't control your impulses, then please leave the profanity out. Your "Not fucking hard, is it?" turned a questionable "helpful" comment into a shaming insult.

    RLH