Think it's ok to not secure your wifi? Think again..

[codetrap]

http://globalnews.ca/news/1297990/st...leeping-child/

TORONTO – The parents of a 10-month-old girl said they were horrified after their wireless camera baby monitor was hacked, and the couple heard a complete stranger yelling at their sleeping baby.

Ohio mom Heather Schreck said she was asleep when she was woken up by the sound of a man’s voice, according to Fox19. She grabbed her phone to check the Foscam camera installed in her child’s room, saw the camera moving and heard a voice scream, “Wake up baby! Wake up baby!”

The baby’s father, Adam, said that when he ran to his daughter’s side, he was startled to find the camera then pointed directly at him.

“Then it screamed at me,” he said. “Some bad things, some obscenities. So I unplugged the camera.”

The couple said they realized they were “hacked from the outside” and that they will now take extra security measures to protect their monitor from hackers.

Experts say that wireless cameras like the one in the Schreck home are vulnerable to hackers and recommend having camera passwords while ensuring the equipment’s software is up to date.

[Mista Bob]

Guess forums weren't satisfying this guys trolling fix anymore?
Can't believe someone would do this, but in truth I couldn't help but laugh at how absurd the whole situation is.

[lilmira]

[spike98]

Serves them right. Its not ok, regardless of the application, to have a wifi network unsecured.

This would be akin to leaving your front door wide open and people yelling at your from the street.

[tha_bandit]

related to the fact the the camera is accessible online (with default factory user/pass) rather than wifi? I"ve seen people scan for these types of camera setups, and all they do is type the factory logins...

[codetrap]

It's surprising how many people think that they don't need to secure their wifi. In my neighborhood, last summer there was 16 wifi networks of various manufacture. I got tired of all the interference, so out of curiosity I saw down with my laptop in a lawn chair in my driveway, connected, logged in with default creds, and turned off the wifi on NINE of them.

There were 3 that were WEP, and the remainder were all WPA2. I left the WEP ones alone, because at least they tried...

[Sugarphreak]

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[pheoxs]

Originally posted by tha_bandit
related to the fact the the camera is accessible online (with default factory user/pass) rather than wifi? I"ve seen people scan for these types of camera setups, and all they do is type the factory logins...

This is correct, there's sites that just scan constantly to find random webcam streams and people can connect and see whatever to them.

Even if you're wifi is unsecured realistically they'd have to be parked within a house or two in order to "hack" your wireless. More likely the can had an internet broadcast feature on so that you can view it while not at home

[Xtrema]

I don't think this is Wifi issue. I bet this is some sort of uPNP device.

[codetrap]

Originally posted by Xtrema
I don't think this is Wifi issue. I bet this is some sort of uPNP device.

Same diff

[icky2unk]

I just thought of Insidious 2 as i read this haha

[jwslam]

Originally posted by codetrap
In my neighborhood, last summer there was 16 wifi networks of various manufacture. I got tired of all the interference, so out of curiosity I saw down with my laptop in a lawn chair in my driveway, connected, logged in with default creds, and turned off the wifi on NINE of them.

Is there a way for you to do this if I set my wifi to not broadcast SSID?
probably harder but not impossible?

[rage2]

disabling SSID does almost nothing. The SSID is embedded in various other packets.

[codetrap]

Originally posted by jwslam
Is there a way for you to do this if I set my wifi to not broadcast SSID?
probably harder but not impossible?

Doesn't even slow me down. The best thing you can do is to update your Router to the most current stable firmware, then put a nice long "passphrase" for the password using WPA2-PSK for your wifi. Then a different "passphrase" for router itself.

[Mar]

Why would you want a video camera for a baby? It's not like you're going to miss it doing something exciting.

[blairtruck]

Originally posted by Mar
Why would you want a video camera for a baby? It's not like you're going to miss it doing something exciting.

you obviously dont have kids.

Camera
Hear kids making noise. look at camera make sure all is ok. dont disturb kid, they may fall back asleep.


no camera.
here kid making noise. go check on them. they are fine but now want to get up cause you went in the room. or you just leave them making noise and hope for the best.

Camera makes it so much easier. to see what they are doing.

[sputnik]

Originally posted by Mista Bob
but in truth I couldn't help but laugh at how absurd the whole situation is.

Just about as absurd as a baby monitor with video and two way audio capabilities.

Is it really that hard to walk to where the baby is sleeping?

[Xtrema]

Originally posted by codetrap
Same diff

One is localized hack (neighborhood), the other is internet hack (world wide).

Originally posted by sputnik

Is it really that hard to walk to where the baby is sleeping?

But I can show people my kid/dog via an app!

[codetrap]

Originally posted by sputnik


Just about as absurd as a baby monitor with video and two way audio capabilities.

Is it really that hard to walk to where the baby is sleeping?

Just about as absurd as <insert technological advancement from the past 100 years>.

Is it really that hard to simply <insert stupid luddite comparison here>

Originally posted by Xtrema
One is localized hack (neighborhood), the other is internet hack (world wide).

Aaaand you know that the camera was hacked off the internet vs the localized wifi how? Either way, it's the same level of effort to simply secure the camera (account) with a passphrase.

[clem24]

Originally posted by blairtruck

Camera
Hear kids making noise. look at camera make sure all is ok. dont disturb kid, they may fall back asleep.


no camera.
here kid making noise. go check on them. they are fine but now want to get up cause you went in the room. or you just leave them making noise and hope for the best.

Camera makes it so much easier. to see what they are doing.

I picked option 2. For all 3 kids. We never even had a baby monitor. Fuck sometimes I'll go into their room when it's quiet just to make sure they're breathing!