Hijacking IP Cameras Hacker Risk?

August 9, 2009

John Honovich discusses the hacking risk associated with IP Cameras.  Fears are rising that IP cameras can and willl be hacked. At Defcon, a demonstration showed an IP camera’s feed intercepted and replaced by a fraudulent video, allowing a hypothetical suspect to steal an object right in front of the surveillance camera; thus bringing Hollywood to ‘real life.’

As titilating as this demo may be, there are far bigger risks that most real-world security organizations accept every day…. more