Website Hacks Into Local Home Security Cameras
A website that #39;s hacking into IP camera feeds from around the world and posting them has four from middle Tennessee. FOX 17 news found one feed from Tullahom...
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By: Roderick Campbell
PHOENIX (KSAZ) - We found homes here in the valley, live streaming on the website.
Phoenix, Scottsdale residents had no idea their home security cameras were hacked.
We found live streams of people's bedrooms, living rooms, and playrooms, the inside of their home streaming online for everyone to see.
"The word is creepy... describes it as people that have nothing better to do than hack into people's home and post that online is somewhat disturbing," said Christ Matthews.
Tech expert Chris Matthews said sadly hacking happens all the time. 11,000 private security cameras from all over the country are streaming on this mystery website, and no one really knows who runs it.
Security experts say homes that were hacked were using the default password.
"Many cameras and devices in general, because they want you to be able to access the device for the first time, will have a default password," said Matthews.
Sometimes the default username and password is admin, or admin and 1234. Companies expect customers to change the default passwords, but lots of people don't
The website claims they stream home cameras to show the importance of security settings. Experts say the only way to make sure hackers don't access your home security cameras is to change the default password.
"Once it's out there, it's really out there, unless you change your password so they can no longer access your content," he said.
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Hackers gained access to Home Depot's network via a third-party vendor system, according to preliminary results of an investigation into the September mega-breach.
Cybercrooks used access to the US retail giants' network gained via ineffective password security at an unnamed third party vendor's system to run a stepping-stone attack that ultimately allowed them to achieve their objective of planting information-stealing malware on sales terminals, according to a statement by Home Depot on the investigation.
Following the discovery of the breach, Home Depot acted quickly to block the hackers' method of entry and purge their malware from its systems but by then the damage had already been done.
Third parties were also to blame one way or another for third parties for other high-profile breaches against retailer Target and bank JPMorgan. Target was broken into via the firm's HVAC vendor while the JPMorgan happened via a third party website.
Chris Wysopal, CTO of application security company Veracode, commented: "It is clear that the theft of third party vendor credentials is a big risk for enterprises after seeing this attack vector used in recent major breaches. Enterprises should adopt 2 factor authentication for vendors who require access to their corporate networks and applications."
As previously reported earlier today, Home Depot also admitted on Thursday that hackers has swiped 53 million email addresses during the September mega-breach earlier this year that also led to the theft of data from 56 million credit/debit cards.
Home Depot is in the process of advising affected customers. In the meantime, shoppers are advised to be on their guard against the possibility of phishing fraudsters that use the stolen information to craft more convincing scams.
Trey Ford, global security strategist at Rapid7, the developers of Metaspolit, said that the hack offered lessons that are applicable beyond the retail sector.
"So Home Depot confirmed several things the rest of us should remain aware of," Ford said. "Attackers were inside their organisation for five months before detection. The attackers entered with stolen credentials, they used a vendors username and password to log into Home Depots network.
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Sandbox, Inc., launched via a campaign on Indiegogo 10 days ago, has surpassed its 60-day goal in the first week, signing up over 200 families in 15 countries.
Home security products have traditionally included old-fashioned door and window intrusion devices, touch pads, frosted-glass motion sensors, sirens and expensive monitoring services. They come with cumbersome paperwork, high upfront costs, disruptive installation procedures, and punitive 3-5 year contracts. At over $40/month for the most basic and limited-feature service, families pay $500 per year, or $1,500-$2,500 over the contract period. Adding video can significantly increase the paperwork, upfront costs, and installation process and double the monthly fees. SandboxHome redefines all of this.
The SandboxHome is an all-wireless product that a family can install in 15 minutes. It is considerably more complete and full-featured than other options available today, and includes:
Whenever motion or intrusion is sensed by SandboxHome, customers instantly receive text, sound, photo and video alerts on their smartphones, tablets, or computers. Compact wireless intrusion sensors guard the homes doors and windows. Wireless HD security cameras can be easily set up in any room, and moved at will. And SandboxHomes signature wireless smart doorbell allows users to hear the chime, see and interact with whoever is at the door. Users have instant access to camera and smart doorbell video, audio and sensor data from anywhere in the world using SandboxHomes iOS, Android and Windows apps. It includes a plethora of smart features including the ability for users to set up motion thresholds, so their sensors dont go off whenever a pet moves across the room. SandboxHome is configurable to a familys unique requirements. It includes tools for users to store motion-activated video and sound clips on their computers or cloud storage accounts.
SandboxHome has advanced computing, WiFi, networking, video and audio encoding, motion sensing, battery, encryption and related technologies packed into a compact device.
Sandboxs founder, Mike Reddy said, Families want and need basic, affordable security in their homes. They want to be alerted instantly to whats happening wherever they may be and whatever they may be doing. At work, in the car, at a restaurant or even out of town. And video is a must-have for a family security solution to be effective and actionable. SandboxHome provides all of these.
Mike Reddy continued, Perhaps the SandboxHomes most compelling aspect is its price. At a planned retail price of $499, and discounted by up to 40% for advance orders during our launch campaign on Indiegogo, this is truly a family security product. When you compare the complete $375 SandboxHome family security solution to traditional services that provide way less and cost way more, or to standalone security cameras such as the Dropcam which cost $200 each, you can see why SandboxHome is so appealing. With SandboxHome, the family owns the attractive system and has no further monthly fees. If the family chooses to sign up for 24/7 professional monitoring, the fee for that optional service is $5 per month, with no contracts, paperwork or long term commitments.
Sandbox is currently taking pre-orders on Indiegogo for delivery of the SandboxHome in March 2015. The prices for advance orders placed during SandboxHomes introductory launch are at discounts of up to 50% from the retail prices at which the products are expected to be available on Amazon and in specialty electronics and home improvement stores worldwide after March.
For further information, and to pre-order SandboxHome for March delivery, please visit: http://www.sandbox-home.com. Reporters and feature editors requiring further information or images, please contact us at: info@(at)sandbox-home(dot)com.
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The Arlo Home Security Camera is a palm-size battery-operated wireless camera. Dong Ngo
Netgear has just announced an addition to the home security space -- the $350 Arlo Smart Home Security Camera Kit, available January 2015 on Arlo.com and later in Q1 2015 in the UK and Australia. (No international pricing information is available yet, but the US price converts to 220 or AU$410; final prices are likely to vary quite a bit.)
Although pricey -- you have to buy the entire kit before adding any stand-alone Arlo hardware, similar to Philips' Hue and Hue Lux starter packs -- the Arlo kit does include two cameras and a hub. And its unique features promise to bring something new to DIY home security.
Unlike other DIY home security cameras we've covered, the Arlo cameras are battery-powered, claim to deliver 720p image quality (although you'll be able to adjust the resolution down, as needed), are rated for both indoor and outdoor use and offer 24/7 live streaming. That makes these little cameras, which are "smaller than a bar of soap," according to Netgear, pretty darn intriguing.
You get 200MB of Netgear-provided cloud storage free with each Arlo kit. To make that possible and to preserve battery life, Arlo uses very high video compression and transmits data to the hub at the speed of 1.5Mbps, the upload speed of most home residential Internet connections. During a Netgear demo event for Arlo, the video quality looked quite good.
The hub itself connects to an existing home network via an Ethernet connection. It also comes with two USB ports but currently there's no option to store recorded video locally. Each hub supports up to 15 Arlo cameras and uses a customized low-power version of the 802.11n Wi-Fi standard with a top speed of just 6Mbps. The Wi-Fi range, however, remains the same, at up to 150 feet.
The Arlo Home Security Camera Kit includes two cameras and one hub. Dong Ngo
The indoor-only Homeboy camera I recently reviewed has a rechargeable battery that's supposed to last for three months on a single charge. To achieve this long-battery-life feat, the team employed its own low-power Wi-Fi tech, a meager 640x480-pixel resolution and did away with live-steaming capabilities altogether.
Given that, it's pretty surprising that Netgear claims its Arlo cameras can last for up to 6 months. The camera does host up to 4 CR123 batteries (regular and rechargeable ) though it only needs two to operate. Netgear bases its battery life claims around the idea that you will only view the camera for about 4 minutes a day. Obviously the battery life will go down with longer usage.
In addition to these features, Netgear's new security kit comes with a Web app, a free mobile app for Android, iOS and Kindle users and 200MB of free cloud video storage. This gives you the opportunity to view live streaming and recorded video clips, receive alerts and change your settings. You can enable email and app alerts, arm and disarm each camera's motion sensors and view up to four cameras at a time -- additional cameras are available for $170 (110, AU$200) a pop.
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