Catalin Cimpanu reports: Many brands of webcams, security cameras, pet and baby monitors, use a woefully insecure cloud-based remote control system that can allow hackers to take over devices by performing Internet scans, modifying the device ID parameter, and using a default password to gain control over the user’s equipment and its video stream. In…
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How A Creep Hacked A Baby Monitor To Say Lewd Things To A 2-Year-Old
Kashmir Hill writes: Before I hacked a stranger’s smart home, I asked for permission. An anonymous creep who hacked a Texas family’s baby monitor was not as polite. ABC News reports that a Houston couple heard an unfamiliar voice talking to their sleeping 2-year-old daughter on Saturday night and realized that a stranger had taken control of their…
UK: Computer hacker controlled victims’ webcams from mother’s front room
A computer hacker accessed highly personal data and controlled victims’ webcams as part of a sophisticated email scam carried out from his mother’s front room. Matthew Anderson, 33, was a key member of an international gang, abusing his skills as a computer security expert to target businesses and individuals with spam containing hidden viruses, a…
Data Broker Helps Police See Everywhere You’ve Been with the Click of a Mouse — EFF Investigation
Fog Data Science sells local police cheap access to a massive digital dragnet without well-defined rules. SAN FRANCISCO–Millions of Americans’ everyday movements can be traced by police with the click of a mouse and possibly without a warrant, thanks to a data broker that’s selling phone geolocation data to state and local law enforcement, an Electronic Frontier Foundation…