Hikvision Anti Hacking Firmware Tested

Author: Ethan Ace, Published on Jun 03, 2015

Hikvision has had historic hacking problems, with DVRs turned into Bitcoin miners, buffer overflow vulnerabilities, and finally culminating in the hacking of a Chinese province's cameras due to weak passwords.

In response to these attacks, Hikvision promised improvements to address these issues in updated firmware.

We tested this new firmware, version 5.3.0, to see how these features functioned, any potential drawbacks, and what impact this new firmware has on Hikvision devices being hacked.

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Comments (15)

Meghan Uhl

06/03/15 07:29pm

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Tyler Fenby

06/03/15 09:00pm

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Bob Germain

In reply to Tyler Fenby | 06/07/15 12:53am

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Steve Mitchell

06/03/15 10:10pm

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Tyler Fenby

In reply to Steve Mitchell | 06/04/15 12:37pm

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Steve Mitchell

In reply to Tyler Fenby | 06/04/15 04:59pm

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Undisclosed End User #2

In reply to Steve Mitchell | 06/04/15 05:10pm

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IPVM | In reply to Undisclosed End User #2 | 06/04/15 05:19pm

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Bob Germain

In reply to Steve Mitchell | 06/07/15 01:04am

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Undisclosed Integrator #1

06/03/15 11:18pm

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Jon Dillabaugh

Pro Focus LLC | 06/05/15 03:58am

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Chris Dearing

IPVMU Certified | In reply to Jon Dillabaugh | 06/05/15 04:37am

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David Oleksy

In reply to Jon Dillabaugh | 06/06/15 10:59pm

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Jon Dillabaugh

Pro Focus LLC | In reply to David Oleksy | 06/07/15 12:27am

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Bob Germain

06/05/15 11:24am

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