Elizabethtown police are searching for a man involved in a home burglary.

But home security footage from the homeowners has made the job a little easier for officers.

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Homeowners Lori King and Corey Ballard returned to their home in the 4000 block of Bardstown Road Friday to find their television and jewelry stolen.

After looking at their security footage, King explained its a rare situation that people get such great video.

Elizabethtown couple catches burglar on security footage

According to the time stamp, the suspected burglar pulled into the driveway at 2:16 p.m. Friday.

Homeowners tell WLKY the man entered their home through the basement garage door.

The cameras started recording when the door sensors are disturbed, King said.

King said she believes that after the man walked up the stairs, he spotted an alarm panel and attempted to turn it off.

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WASHINGTON, DC and VIENNA, VA (PRWEB) February 12, 2015

Monumental Sports & Entertainment and Alarm.com, the leading technology platform powering the smart home, today announced that Alarm.com is the official Smart Home Security partner of the Washington Capitals.

Alarm.coms Smart Home technology is used by millions of homeowners to make their homes safer, smarter and more efficient. Caps fans and homeowners everywhere can control and manage nearly every aspect of their home through a single, intuitive mobile app.

We pride ourselves on being a tech-forward organization and partnering with the leading provider of Smart Home technology is a great fit for us, said Patrick Duffy, vice president of corporate partnerships at Monumental Sports & Entertainment.

Alarm.com is excited to be the official Smart Home Security partner of the Washington Capitals, said Jay Kenny, Vice President of Marketing at Alarm.com. Along with our network of service providers, Alarm.com delivers a comprehensive Smart Home Security solution complete with an intuitive mobile app, professional monitoring and installation to make upgrading any home to a smart home simple. As a local company, its great to support our hometown Washington Capitals and their passionate fans.

Smart Home Security powered by Alarm.com helps protect your home and keeps you aware of whats happening in and around your property, so you can cheer the Caps to another win without worrying about things at home. Alarm.coms flexible solution is easy to personalize and offers HD video cameras, award-winning energy management solutions, and a wide range of convenient home automation options for devices throughout the home, such as lights, locks, thermostats and garage doors.

Alarm.coms solutions are available through a nationwide network of authorized service providers who are Smart Home Security experts. They will help you understand all your options, install the system and provide professional monitoring with emergency response and ongoing support. You can find the local Alarm.com service providers in your area by visiting Alarm.com/caps, today.

About Alarm.com Alarm.com was founded in 2000 and today is the leading technology platform powering the Smart Home with more than 2 million residential and commercial installations. Through its cloud services platform, millions of people use Alarm.com to help protect and manage the things that matter most their homes, families, and small businesses. Alarm.com connects a wide range of supported devices across the internet of things to provide an integrated smart home experience through intelligent cloud-based services and an easy to use mobile app. Alarm.com solutions are available exclusively through a network of licensed and authorized Service Providers. For more information, please visit http://www.alarm.com.

About Monumental Sports & Entertainment

Monumental Sports & Entertainment is one of the largest integrated sports and entertainment companies in the country with one of the most diverse partnership groups in all of sports. MSE owns and operates three professional sports teams: the NBAs Washington Wizards, NHLs Washington Capitals and WNBAs Washington Mystics. The group also owns and operates Verizon Center, the premier sports and entertainment venue in Washington, D.C. Monumental Sports & Entertainment also oversees the management of Kettler Capitals Iceplex, the state-of-the-art training facility for the Capitals and George Mason Universitys Patriot Center. In January 2013 Monumental Sports & Entertainment launched Monumental Network, a digital platform that serves as the hub for the regions sports and entertainment news. Visit MonumentalSports.com for more information.

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Every "smart" security device in your home is vulnerable, a new study suggests.

Results of a security testing study conducted by tech giant HP show that 100 percent of the studied devices used in home security contain significant vulnerabilities, including password security, encryption and authentication issues.

Home security systems, such as video cameras and motion detectors, have gained popularity as they have joined the booming Internet of Things (IoT) market and have grown in convenience.

Manufacturers are quickly bringing to market connected security systems that deliver remote monitoring capabilities. The network connectivity and access necessary for remote monitoring presents new security concerns that did not exist for the previous generation of systems that have no internet connectivity.

The most common and easily addressable security issues reported include insufficient authorization, insecure interfaces, privacy concerns and a lack of transport encryption.

The study questions whether the devices make our homes safer, or more vulnerable.

"As we continue to embrace the convenience and availability of connected devices, we must understand how vulnerable they could make our homes and families", said HPs Jason Schmitt.

"With ten of the top security systems lacking fundamental security features, consumers must be diligent about adopting simple and practical security measures when they're available, and device manufacturers must take ownership in building security into their products to avoid exposing their customers unknowingly to serious threats", adds Schmitt.

As companies push to incorporate much needed security measures, consumers are advised to be extra vigilant when deciding to go for a smart security system for their home.

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Hewlett-Packard revealed Tuesday shocking results of a security testing study which showed that owners of Internet-connected home security systems contain significant vulnerabilities, including password security, encryption and authentication issues.

Home security systems, such as video cameras and motion detectors, have gained popularity as they have joined the booming Internet of Things (IoT) market and have grown in convenience. The new HP study reveals how ill-equipped the market is from a security standpoint for the magnitude of growth expected around IoT.

According to Gartner, 4.9 billion connected things will be in use in 2015, and will reach 25 billion by 2020.

All systems that included their cloud-based web interfaces and mobile interfaces failed to require passwords of sufficient complexity and length with most only requiring a six character alphanumeric password. All systems also lacked the ability to lock out accounts after a certain number of failed attempts.

All cloud-based web interfaces tested exhibited security concerns enabling a potential attacker to gain account access through account harvesting which uses three application flaws; account enumeration, weak password policy and lack of account lockout. Similarly five of the ten systems tested exhibited account harvesting concerns with their mobile application interface exposing consumers to similar risks.

All systems collected some form of personal information such as name, address, date of birth, phone number and even credit card numbers. Exposure of this personal information is of concern given the account harvesting issues across all systems. It is also worth noting that the use of video is a key feature of many home security systems with viewing available via mobile applications and cloud-based web interfaces. The privacy of video images from inside the home becomes an added concern.

While all systems implemented transport encryption such as SSL/TLS, many of the cloud connections remain vulnerable to attacks such as the POODLE attack. The importance of properly configured transport encryption is critical as security is a primary function of these systems.

Manufacturers are offering connected security systems that deliver remote monitoring capabilities. The network connectivity and access necessary for remote monitoring presents new security concerns that did not exist for the previous generation of systems that have no internet connectivity.

The HP study questions whether connected security devices actually make our homes safer or put them at more risk by providing easier electronic access via insecure IoT products. HP leveraged HP Fortify on Demand to assess 10 home security IoT devices along with their cloud and mobile application components, uncovering that none of the systems required the use of a strong password and 100 percent of the systems failed to offer two-factor authentication.

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In a recent study, every connected home security system tested by HP contained significant vulnerabilities, including but not limited to password security, encryption, and authentication issues.

HP's Fortify on Demand security service assessed the top 10 home security devices such as video cameras and motion detectors along with their cloud and mobile application components. It uncovered vulnerabilities in all of them. None of the systems required the use of a strong password, for example, and 100 per cent of the systems failed to offer two-factor authentication.

Connected home security systems are part of the booming Internet of Things (IoT) market, and vendors are understandably keen to carve out a slice of the action with fast time-to-market, rather than data security, at the forefront of their thinking.

Manufacturers are under pressure to release security systems that deliver remote monitoring capabilities. Ironically, however, the network connectivity and access that are necessary for remote monitoring mean the security risks associated with such systems are significantly greater than those associated with older, disconnected systems.

All systems that HP tested, including cloud-based web interfaces and mobile interfaces, failed to require passwords of sufficient length and complexity, with most only requiring a six-character alphanumeric password. All the systems also lacked the ability to lock out accounts after a certain number of failed login attempts, leaving the door open to brute force attacks.

All accessed systems collected some form of personal information, such as names, addresses, dates of birth, phone numbers, and even credit card numbers. Thats bad, because account-harvesting issues were pervasive across all systems tested.

Gartner forecasts that 4.9 billion connected things will be in use in 2015, up 30 per cent from 2014, and the figure will reach 25 billion by 2020.

The new HP study highlights how ill-equipped the market is delivering secure products, re-emphasising an observation weve heard from several security firms over recent months: The lessons learnt in the client-server, mobile, and cloud technology markets are not being applied when it comes to the IoT, including such devices as connected home security systems and smart meters.

Default passwords and poor crypto are the order of the day, laying the groundwork for a more expensive security retrofit down the line.

HPs Home Security Systems report tested 10 of the most commonly used home security IoT devices for vulnerabilities using a combination of manual testing and automated tools. Devices and their components were assessed based on the OWASP Internet of Things Top 10 and the specific vulnerabilities associated with each top 10 category.

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"Smart" Internet-connected home security systems are meant to protect consumers from intruders but the top devices don't require even the bare minimum for password protection that we expect for our email and other web services, according to a new study from HP.

HP bought 10 home-monitoring devices like video cameras and alarm systems and tested them to see how easy they are to hack, Jason Schmitt, the vice president and general manager of HP's enterprise security products team, told NBC News. All 10 of the devices had "significant vulnerabilities" in the security of the device itself, HP said.

HP which declined to name the products it tested said the most basic of those security holes involved poor password practices. Some devices didn't require strong passwords, while all 10 of the products tested failed to lock the account after a certain number of failed password attempts. "These are things that a lot of web companies have perfected, but when you move to a different [space] that doesn't specialize in web security those practices just kind of drift away," Schmitt said.

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