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Oops! 185,000-plus Wi-Fi cameras on the web with insecure admin panels

heyrick Silver badge

I have one of these cameras

I've managed to lock it down better by tweaking the startup file to write a new hosts file with stuff locked to localhost, iptables to nobble the UDP, and a new password pushed in after x seconds.

Not perfect but it's a start and anyway it is mostly a toy.

However - something to add to the disclosure. The service's DDNS lets the camera register itself so am address like abc1234@provider.com redirects to the camera. Well, it is configured with a cleartext HTTP request and the update password is banked into the camera's binary. I have used it to update arbitrary cameras (those marked as not being used) which means that it would be a doddle to hijack somebody else's camera.

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