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dinosinc

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cameras open to hijacking
« on: April 23, 2013, 10:21:52 AM »

post of an interesting read on camera security
http://www.pcworld.com/article/2033821/widely-used-wireless-ip-cameras-open-to-hijacking-over-the-internet-researchers-say.html
wonder if the rebranded x10 cams are effected
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Re: cameras open to hijacking
« Reply #1 on: April 23, 2013, 01:18:37 PM »

post of an interesting read on camera security
http://www.pcworld.com/article/2033821/widely-used-wireless-ip-cameras-open-to-hijacking-over-the-internet-researchers-say.html
wonder if the rebranded x10 cams are effected
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Re: cameras open to hijacking
« Reply #2 on: April 23, 2013, 04:11:27 PM »

This is scary, :o I wonder if their doing this to get into our computers or to just to see if were at home or what.
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Re: cameras open to hijacking
« Reply #3 on: April 23, 2013, 06:30:17 PM »

This is scary, :o I wonder if their doing this to get into our computers or to just to see if were at home or what.
Does this mean I should drop a lamp shade over the one in our bedroom, when....well you know....?     :D
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Re: cameras open to hijacking
« Reply #4 on: April 23, 2013, 07:07:29 PM »

 :)% rofl my wife wouldn't let me put one in mine.
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Re: cameras open to hijacking
« Reply #5 on: April 23, 2013, 09:33:35 PM »

This is scary, :o I wonder if their doing this to get into our computers or to just to see if were at home or what.
I would worry more if they got my home address also thru my ip camera.
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Re: cameras open to hijacking
« Reply #6 on: April 23, 2013, 09:36:53 PM »

This is scary, :o I wonder if their doing this to get into our computers or to just to see if were at home or what.
Does this mean I should drop a lamp shade over the one in our bedroom, when....well you know....?     :D
Was that you? i was watching for 2.99 a minute. :)% #:)
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« Reply #7 on: April 24, 2013, 08:33:48 AM »

Was that you? i was watching for 2.99 a minute. :)% #:)
It all depends if you laughed or not.   rofl
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Re: cameras open to hijacking
« Reply #8 on: May 08, 2013, 08:28:40 PM »

All I know is that the airsight cams I purchased recently ARE affected by this exploit.
I tried it out on my x10 camera's when I was NOT logged in and was able to see the login and passwords. Actually, I was able to get a FULL dump of every setting I had on each camera.
The maker of Foscam cams is the same maker of these cams. Actually they are all the same cams with a different firmware and sometimes different case, but all the guts are the same.
I'm hoping x10 is going to release firmware updates for the cams affected soon or else I will be putting these cams up on ebay and switching to a different branded camera.
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Re: cameras open to hijacking
« Reply #9 on: May 09, 2013, 12:15:31 PM »

I'm hoping x10 is going to release firmware updates for the cams affected soon or else I will be putting these cams up on ebay and switching to a different branded camera.

Does the Airsight cameras have custom firmware?
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Re: cameras open to hijacking
« Reply #10 on: May 09, 2013, 09:13:43 PM »

I wonder if the recently released web UI update addressed this ?
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Re: cameras open to hijacking
« Reply #11 on: May 22, 2013, 07:22:57 PM »

Yikes!!!! I am just preparing to order a bunch of the Airsight PTZ Pros. Is this really an issue? If so, you would hope X-10 customer support would have answers. Has anyone asked them yet? -:)
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Re: cameras open to hijacking
« Reply #12 on: May 24, 2013, 04:03:02 PM »

I thought about calling, but then decided that I'd never get back those 30 minutes of my life and put my phone down.
They don't have a clue and probably don't care.
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