All posts tagged "camera"

Whitehat hacker shows how to detect hidden cameras in Airbnb, hotels

The Whitehat hacker and IT security researcher Marcus Hutchins, who saved the world from the WannaCry ransomware attack, has shared simple yet...

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Millions of IoT devices, baby monitors open to audio, video snooping

The vulnerability would allow threat actors to remotely compromise a targeted ThroughTek IoT device and watch the real-time video feed, listen to...

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ThroughTek Flaw Exposed Millions of IoT Cameras to Spying

The vulnerability exisits in the company’s P2P SDK, a function that allows a client on a desktop or mobile app to access...

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Flaw authorizes attackers to spy on users through Android camera

The same flaw lets attackers extract GPS data. A few days ago, HackRead shared a video and reported that the Facebook app...

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Facebook app caught using iPhone’s camera due to a ‘bug’

Article updated with a statement from Facebook. We frequently come across apps unauthorizedly accessing certain features or data of smartphones but mostly...

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Chinese Invent 500-Megapixel AI-Enabled Cloud Camera For Surveillance

China is already home to the world’s most efficient facial recognition system. Now, a new device has been added to their arsenal...

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Poor security: 15,000 private webcams exposed to creeps

Your exposed webcams are backdoor for creeps. Every cybersecurity article you’ll find will include some sort of reminder emphasizing the use of...

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White hat hackers infect Canon DSLR camera with ransomware

In July this year, in-depth research into cybercrime and online threats revealed that in 2018, ransomware-type attacks caused $8 billion in damages....

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Vulnerabilities

Canon DSLR Cameras Can Be Hacked With Ransomware Remotely

The threat of ransomware is becoming more prevalent and severe as attackers’ focus has now moved beyond computers to smartphones and other...

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Geek

Vulnerability in Zoom video conference app lets Mac’s camera hijacking

The vulnerability in the Zoom video conference app lets attackers hijack Mac’s camera by merely using malicious websites. The Zoom video conference...

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This Lidar-Based Camera Can Click Photographs From 45 Kilometers Away

Chinese researchers have developed a new Lidar (Light detection and ranging) based camera that can snap photographs of subjects from 45 kilometers...

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Hackers can modify police body camera footage without anyone noticing

Researchers demonstrated how easy it is to manipulate and access this footage In recent years, police agencies have more adopted body chambers for their...

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Flaw in Swann smart security cameras allows access to user’s live stream

Security cameras and other IoT devices have been frequently identified to be incompetent and plagued with a variety of built-in flaws that...

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3-month old flaw in iPhone camera app takes users to phishing sites

Last week it was reported that there were a bunch of malware-infected QR reader apps on Play Store which was downloaded half...

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Vulnerabilities

Hackers Can Remotely Control Your Camera to Monitor and Record All Your Activities

A dangerous flaw discovered in Popular Hanwha Smart camera’s cloud server architecture that could allow an attacker to perform various malicious activities and...

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Sauna security camera hacked; nude videos of Dutch Women’s Handball Team leaked

The stolen videos from hacked security cameras were leaked even when the system was removed from the sauna. The Dutch women’s handball...

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Israeli Rabbi arrested for hacking CCTV cameras at women’ bathing suit shop

Israeli police have arrested a 41-year-old man for allegedly hacking into the security surveillance camera system of a high-profile women’s boutique in...

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