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Foscam Security Cameras Full of Security Flaws
[UPDATED June 23 with comment from Foscam.]
We've said information technology before, and nosotros'll say it again: Don't buy cheap Chinese-made security cameras, because their security may just be terrible.
The latest bear witness of this comes from Finnish information-security firm F-Secure. Yesterday (June 7), information technology released a report alleging that Foscam security cameras are total of vulnerabilities that could let them exist hands taken over by hackers — and that Foscam doesn't seem to desire to do anything most information technology.
Not only are Foscam-branded cameras at hazard, F-Secure notes, only then are cameras fabricated by Foscam but marketed under 13 other brand names, including Opticam, Thomson and Netis.
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The flaws are staggeringly bad. They include hard-coded remote-admission passwords that cannot be inverse by the user; a hard-coded file-transfer password that is blank, i.eastward., no password; hidden Telnet access; no limit on incorrect login attempts; configuration files that can be changed remotely; remote factory reset; and a firewall that doesn't completely work.
"An assailant tin view the video feed, control the camera functioning and upload and download files from the built-in FTP server," F-Secure'south study (opens in new tab) said. "They tin cease or freeze the video feed, and apply the compromised device for further actions such as DDoS or other malicious activity."
F-Secure tested 2 models: the Foscam C2, a dwelling model sold in the Us for virtually $80, and the Opticam i5 HD, a home model sold in Finland. All xviii possible vulnerabilities were found on the Opticam, only simply some on the Foscam. F-Secure warns that the same flaws probably exist in other models.
"While but two models have been investigated, it is likely that many of these vulnerabilities also exist in other models throughout the company's production line, and in other products Foscam articles and sells under other brand names," the written report said.
Foscam makes and sells both low-priced home security cameras and commercial security cameras used by businesses and retailers. Using 1 of the affected cameras could profoundly endanger a visitor's computer network.
"If the device is in a corporate local surface area network, and the assailant gains admission to the network, they can compromise the device and infect it with a persistent remote-access malware," F-Secure warned. "The malware would then let the attacker unfettered admission to the corporate network and the associated resources."
Unfortunately, there'south not much that home users can do to protect themselves, other than non connecting the cameras to the internet, which kinds of defeats the purpose of an internet-connected security camera.
Irresolute the default username and password won't practice much, because numerous hidden hard-coded backdoor access credentials will however be on the device.
Foscam's U.S. website has a guide to updating a camera'southward firmware, and states that all known flaws had been fixed as of June 3. But F-Secure said information technology had informed Foscam of the flaws several months ago, and added that, "to date no fixes have been issued by the vendor."
Tom'due south Guide has reached out to Foscam for comment, and we volition update this story when nosotros receive a response.
UPDATE: Foscam has responded to our inquiries.
"We've conducted a thorough review and fixed all issues with firmware upgrades where necessary," the company said in an emailed statement. "The xviii items cited in the report were actually so minor in nature as to be almost non-existent. ... At that place were therefore zero reports of any security breaches ever occurring in any products used by customers, due to the extremely improbable nature of the exploits."
"Due to miscommunication between F-Secure and the 3rd-political party OEM partner they [F-Secure] beginning contacted about their inquiry, the R&D squad at Foscam was non contacted until after a report was released," the argument specified.
A detailed security advisory (opens in new tab) has been posted on the Foscam Mall website, and notes that customers can "download new firmware from http://www.foscam.com/downloads/index.html or update the firmware using [the] Foscam App."
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Source: https://www.tomsguide.com/us/foscam-camera-flaws,news-25254.html
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