3,000 Public Surveillance Cameras - 1 Website
By: Carlton Purvis, Published on Mar 04, 2014Login to read this IPVM report.
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Comments (22)
Scott Sheldrake
It's amazing how of this stuff is out there. I did a Shodan search for the word "Exacq" and it listed about 30 public IP's - you can use the Exacq Client to log in with the default admin / admin256 creds and have full Admin status with Live Viewing and everything else.
The Black Hat 2013 video you guys posted last week was pretty much the best example of how insecure some of this stuff is though.
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Ari Erenthal
The Lorex camera I used as a nannycam forces you to choose a username and password during setup, and won't proceed until you do. Shame on every camera manufacturer that doesn't do the same.
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Scott Sheldrake
Leaving password as default isn't that critical if they aren't exposed to the public internet. But anyone who has the knowledge / takes the time to open ports on a firewall should also be competent enough to change the default password.
It would be an interesting business to start a "mini-pen-test" aimed at security systems. IE - you pay XXX $$ to a pen-tester and supply them your public IP and let them go to town. IPVM, do you know if something like this exists?
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Scott Sheldrake
Have you come across one that has a website and actually does this specifically targetting IP camera systems?
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