Bug Exposes IP Cameras, Baby Monitors

Summary: A firmware bug in Foscam MJPEG cameras running version .54 lets anyone who reaches the device's internet address view live and recorded video by pressing "OK" at the username and password prompt, with no credentials entered. Foscam confirmed the flaw affects eleven models including the FI8904W, FI8910W and FI8918W, and said it expected to ship firmware version .55 fixing the bug by Jan. 25.
Key Takeaway: The cameras are reachable by anyone who knows their internet address, and search engines like SHODAN can pinpoint devices that ordinary search engines do not index - the same class of exposure that hit TRENDnet cameras in 2012 and, per the forum, let someone shout at a sleeping toddler through a Foscam in August 2013.

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Topics: Vulnerabilities & Patching
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