【】

If you have an web-connected camera, you should change your password ASAP.
For just 188 yuan ($28), you can buy software that would allow you to hack into connected cameras, Chinese state broadcaster CCTV warns.
SEE ALSO:Apple's new acquisition wants to watch you while you sleep (but not in a creepy way)Such software can easily scan for and access vulnerable devices, which are commonly used as baby monitors and surveillance cameras in the home.
Hackers in China have also set up large groups on social networks such as QQ, to offer usernames and passwords to compromised devices.




Lists of up to 200 to 400 compromised cameras and their login credentials are given away each day for free and downloaded by hundreds of people, CCTV reported.
The lists are given away for free, so as to market the software.
Cybersecurity experts said camera owners who don't change the default user IDs or passwords open themselves up to way more danger.
Cameras are fairly easy to breach because many of them use similar firmware, added Eugene Aseev, vice-president of engineering at data protection firm Acronis.
"Once there is a weakness or vulnerability found in this firmware, all these devices [will] start to share this weakness or vulnerability," Aseev told Mashable. Vulnerabilities in firmware for Internet-connected devices led to the rise of the Mirai botnet in September last year.
Users should avoid using default device configurations, and update their devices' firmware frequently.
"Often, devices are designed with convenience in mind rather than security," said Igor Oskolkov, who blogs about cybersecurity at Kaspersky. "A failure to change the password means that everyone knows the exact [IP] address of the camera."
"Once you have unpacked a brand new internet-connected piece of hardware, spend a little time playing with its configuration," Aseev advised.
"Common default unchanged [passwords] on thousands of devices...is a primary flaw that is being leveraged by attackers."
UPDATE: June 22, 2017, 12:36 p.m. SGT Updated with additional statement from Kaspersky.
Featured Video For You
This Lego camera actually works
TopicsCybersecurity
相关文章
U.S. government issues warning on McDonald's recalled wearable devices
Last week's McDonald's debacle, which saw the fast food giant forced to recall its first wearable tr2025-04-24Mr. Potato Head received an interesting makeover for charity
Will we even recognize Mr. Potato Head inToy Story 4?Mr. Potato Head has gone through a few makeover2025-04-24How to escape your routine and get ahead at work
I’ll be the first to admit that I’m a total creature of habit. I love predictability and2025-04-24New Yorkers capture the warm glow of 'Manhattanhenge'
Yes, it's that time again, when New Yorkers stop Instagramming their meals for long enough to point2025-04-24Michael Phelps says goodbye to the pool with Olympic gold
Michael Phelps left as he began: Winning. 。The most decorated athlete in Olympic history won gold in2025-04-24- Evolvejust leveled up.The 2015 game from Turtle Rock Studios is entering into what the developer cal2025-04-24
最新评论