News Security Cameras Doing More Surveillance Than Expected due to Firmware Backdoor

[Admin]

Security camera firmware made by China-based Hangzhou Xiongmai Technology allows for remote access, security researchers discovered.

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[joe_griggs]

This looks like a story from 2017? This is news?

 

[JonDol]

This looks like a story from 2017? This is news?

Even in 2017 things like this weren't news. Subtract about 15 years from that and then it could have been news...

 

[Olle P]

Even in 2017 things like this weren't news.

That's not what he meant. The list of affected devices was published in 2017, so this particular story is that old, not backdoors in general.
In fact, the current new story is that the specific vulnerability is applicable only to Xiaongmai hardware, and not any more as was previously assumed (in 2017).

 

[JonDol]

That's not what he meant. The list of affected devices was published in 2017, so this particular story is that old, not backdoors in general.
In fact, the current new story is that the specific vulnerability is applicable only to Xiaongmai hardware, and not any more as was previously assumed (in 2017).

Oh, my bad then. Thank you for these details !