{"id":44406,"date":"2021-12-13T14:55:53","date_gmt":"2021-12-13T14:55:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/packetstormsecurity.com\/news\/view\/32907\/Are-Your-Home-Security-Cameras-Vulnerable-To-Hacking.html"},"modified":"2021-12-13T14:55:53","modified_gmt":"2021-12-13T14:55:53","slug":"are-your-home-security-cameras-vulnerable-to-hacking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/are-your-home-security-cameras-vulnerable-to-hacking\/","title":{"rendered":"Are Your Home Security Cameras Vulnerable To Hacking?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Here are a few practices that can help protect your device security and data privacy.<\/p>\n

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Installing an internet-connected security camera<\/a><\/span> in your house won’t necessarily bring a wave of hackers to your Wi-Fi network<\/a><\/span> — but losing privacy resulting from a device’s security shortcomings is surprisingly common. Last year, an ADT home security<\/a><\/span> customer noticed an unfamiliar email address connected to her home security account, a professionally monitored system that included cameras and other devices inside her home. That simple discovery, and her report of it to the company, began to topple a long line of dominoes leading back to a technician who had spied<\/a><\/span>, over the course of four and a half years, on hundreds of customers — watching them live their private lives, undress and even have sex.<\/p>\n

ADT says it has closed the loopholes that technician exploited, implementing “new safeguards, training and policies to strengthen \u2026 account security and customer privacy.” But invasions of privacy are not unique to ADT<\/a>, and some vulnerabilities<\/a> are harder to safeguard than others.<\/p>\n

Whether you’re using professionally monitored security systems such as ADT, Comcast Xfinity<\/a><\/span> or Vivint<\/a><\/span>, or you just have a few stand-alone cameras from off-the-shelf companies like Ring<\/a><\/span>, Nest<\/a><\/span> or Arlo<\/a><\/span>, here are a few practices that can help protect your device security and data privacy.<\/p>\n

Read more: <\/strong>Amazon unwraps privacy features as it tries to roll deeper into your home<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Is my security system vulnerable?<\/h2>\n

Before jumping into solving the problems of device insecurity, it’s helpful to understand how vulnerable your devices really<\/em> are.<\/p>\n

Major professionally monitored security systems — and even individually sold cameras from reputable developers like Google Nest<\/a> and Wyze<\/a> — include high-end encryption (which scrambles messages within a system and grants access through keys) almost across the board. That means as long as you stay current with app and device updates, you should have little to fear of being hacked via software or firmware vulnerabilities.<\/p>\n

Likewise, many security companies that use professional installers and technicians have strict procedures in place to avoid precisely what happened at ADT. The Security Industry Association — a third-party group of security experts — advises manufacturers such as ADT on matters relating to privacy and security.<\/p>\n

“The security industry has been paying attention to [the issue of privacy in the home] since 2010,” said Kathleen Carroll, chair of the SIA’s Data Privacy Advisory Board, “and we continue to work to help our member companies protect their customers.”<\/p>\n

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