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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...