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ARTICLE · 05 JULY 2019

Watching Me, Watching You—IoT Camera Hacks Surge

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This means that a hell of a lot of people are trying to hack into Internet-connected cameras.

United StatesMedia, Telecoms, IT, Entertainment

Trend Micro, a cybersecurity solutions provider, recently reported that it blocked ~5 million hacking attempts of IP-connected cameras in just the last 5 months. This means that a hell of a lot of people are trying to hack into Internet-connected cameras. But why?

Well first of all, it's pretty easy. Check out Shodan.io—a search engine that allows anyone and everyone to search for Internet-connected devices. Then check out the top voted searches on Shodan—you'll see "webcam," "cams," "netcam," etc. My quick search of "default password" brings up the IP address for a device showing the banner information: "Enable and Telnet passwords are configured to "password". HTTP and HTTPS default username is "admin" and password is "password". Please change them immediately." Think the owner changed "admin" and "password" immediately? Shodan is supposed to be used by ethical hackers, but it is used by security researchers, pranksters, and hackers alike, even just to share

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