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How Cybercriminals Are Targeting Internet-Connected Cameras

Cameras connected to the internet are an attractive target for hackers, say a cybersecurity team who set up a global system of decoy cameras to monitor malicious users.

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Dec 31, 2021 5:00 PMDec 31, 2021 6:06 PM
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Internet-enabled cameras have become ubiquitous in recent years. In many city streets, there is hardly a front door or entrance gate that is not continually watched by cold, silicon-enabled eyes, many of which are connected to the internet and beyond.

That makes them attractive targets for cybercriminals who have developed sophisticated bots that routinely trawl the internet looking for devices that can be easily hacked.

That raises an important question: how big a problem has this become and what kind of attacks are cybercriminals using to access internet-enabled cameras?

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