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The group of hackers behind the cyberattack on the Iranian prison goes by the name of Edaalate Ali – The footage shows dire human rights conditions in the prison. Iran has always tried to portray it as a country where human rights are valued and laws are duly abided by. However, the security camera footage […]
Your exposed webcams are backdoor for creeps. Every cybersecurity article you’ll find will include some sort of reminder emphasizing the use of strong passwords, good antivirus software and the related usual. However, there is less care taken to ensure the hardware components of our computers are secure. In the wake of this, Avishai Efrat, a […]
An RTSP stream access tool that comes with its library Cameradar allows you to Detect open RTSP hosts on any accessible target host Detect which device model is streaming Launch automated dictionary attacks to get their stream route (e.g.: /live.sdp) Launch automated dictionary attacks to get the username and password of the cameras Retrieve a […]
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 northern Tel Aviv, and spying on undressed customers and recording footage of them while they tried on bathing suits. The victims include Israeli singer Eden Ben Zaken and fashion model Neta Alchimister. The identity of the arrested […]
Hard Disk Drives (HDDs) are most commonly used storage components because these tend to be energy efficient and low cost. HDDs are a mandatory element of any computing system from PCs to CCTV, bedside monitors and ATMs. Until now we never doubted the security of HDDs and stored data without any hesitation. But probably now […]
Trape is a recognition tool that allows you to track people, the information you can get is very detailed. We want to teach the world through this, as large Internet companies could monitor you, obtaining information beyond your IP. Trape: https://github.com/boxug/trape Some benefits One of its most enticing functions is the remote recognition of sessions. […]
Charges filed against pair coincide with arrests abroad. Two of the five unnamed individuals cuffed this month in Romania on suspicion of spreading ransomware face US computer crime charges – for their alleged role in taking over 123 out of 187 networked computersthat control Washington DC’s CCTV cameras earlier this year. According to Europol, which led the arrests, this […]
It’s a fact that Internet of Things (IoT) devices including Smart TVs, Plugs and CCTV cameras etc, are highly vulnerable to cyber attacks, but now a new technique to hack into smart TVs has been developed by Oneconsult, allowing hackers to take control of the TV without even physically touching the device. As per reports, […]
The number of Internet-of-Things (IoT), devices will reach more than 15 billion units by 2021, according to research from Juniper. As businesses and consumers accelerate adoption, we’re now on the cusp of an IoT revolution. The benefits of connected devices are massive and include better data, automation, and increased efficiency. From connected healthcare to smart […]
An Israeli court has sentenced Majid Oweida, a 23-year old from Gaza City to 9 years in prison on charges of hacking into Israeli drones. According to the prosecutors, the Palestinian computer engineer was spying on Israel for a terror group. Oweida was detained in February 2016 while he was indicted on charges of having a […]
According to the Secret Service officials and Washington D.C city administration, just eight days before presidential inauguration took place, that is, on 12th January, unidentified hackers managed to compromise almost 70% of the police surveillance CCTV cameras across the city with ransomware. This indicated that hackers wanted to ask for ransom instead of gaining access […]
Security cameras are widely used around the world but did you ever think what privacy threat they pose to us? — Here is a stunning research from Romeoville, IL-based tech and security firm Protection1. The recent Lizard Squad hack which resulted in a lot of CCTV cameras targeted and hijacked by a DDOS attack has highlighted the need […]
Lizard Squad hackers have been conducting Distributed Denial of Service (#DDoS) Attacks on banking and government institutions after compromising CCTV devices worldwide! Earlier in two previous incidents, researchers discovered hackers taking over thousands of CCTV devices and conducting DDoS attacks on small business websites; now an IT security firm Arbor Networks has exposed a third event in which famous Lizard […]
Our security operations team investigate and mitigate multiple denial of service (DDoS) attacks every single day. One recent case caught our attention because of the intensity and duration of the attack, and – as we discovered through some research – how it was being done. In this article, we’ll share the specifics in an effort to track […]
VNC Roulette allows you to randomly view insecure desktops accessible over the internet. Recently, a new website has come up on the Internet, which allows visitors to view random screenshots taken off computers that were not properly secured and are available via the Internet. The website, called VNC Roulette, has given a whole new meaning to […]
Researchers have found out that hackers took over around 900 CCTV cameras with weak login credentials and used them as a DDosS botnet that runs all around the world. According to the researchers from Incapsula, it was really easy for hackers to hack into these CCTV cameras by conducting a simple brute force attack. Researchers further […]