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Scary new app allows users to spy on peoples unsecure webcams
A Chinese news station have just reported that there is now a new app that allows users to access and browse through webcams whose default passwords haven’t been changed. Subscribers pay $28 for the app and can look into people’s bedrooms, living rooms, anywhere where there's a webcam set up. How fucked up is that?
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It's pretty much just hundreds of thousands of hackable webcams that have shit or unchanged default passwords. Eugene Aseev, vice-president of engineering at data protection firm said:
And this is why I put duct tape over all the cameras in my house. If you've not changed your password in a while guys, now is the time to do it.
It's pretty much just hundreds of thousands of hackable webcams that have shit or unchanged default passwords. Eugene Aseev, vice-president of engineering at data protection firm said:
Once there is a weakness or vulnerability found in this firmware, all these devices [will] start to share this weakness or vulnerability.
Once you have unpacked a brand new internet-connected piece of hardware, spend a little time playing with its configuration. Common default unchanged [passwords] on thousands of devices…is a primary flaw that is being leveraged by attackers.
And this is why I put duct tape over all the cameras in my house. If you've not changed your password in a while guys, now is the time to do it.
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