Re: Cheap DVR's Get Hacked

[JoeRaisin <joeraisin2001@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 1/30/2013 8:21 PM, Frank Kurz wrote:
> On 1/30/2013 10:58 AM, Bob La Londe wrote:
>> "Frank Kurz" <tech@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:v_qdnSlB07rQW5XMnZ2dnUVZ_qudnZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> On 1/29/2013 10:51 AM, Bill wrote:
>>>> In article <d03c0282-39d9-453a-b233-e2a9d9f58639@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
>>>> chriswheeldon@xxxxxxxxx says...
>>>>>
>>>>> Every now and then I think "maybe the cheap store-bought DVR's
>>>>> aren't so bad for the price," then I find a link like this...
>>>>>
>>>>> http://it.slashdot.org/story/13/01/29/0111238/58000-security-camera-systems-critically-vulnerable-to-attackers
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Enjoy.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I once worked for a company which had their personnel / payroll
>>>> computer
>>>> (mainframe with terminals for employees) in a separate locked metal
>>>> cage
>>>> in the computer room. NOT connected to the internet. And all wires
>>>> going
>>>> to terminals in the personnel office run in metal conduit pipes!
>>>>
>>>> Other high security computers are NOT connected to any phone lines or
>>>> the internet.
>>>>
>>>> I guess that is a good idea!
>>>>
>>>
>>> We live in a scary world.  My son's PlayStation account information
>>> was one of the ones that were compromised when Sony got hacked.  Sony
>>> was complacent about security and left their customers vulnerable.
>>> Totally unacceptable for a company to not take appropriate precautions
>>> in this day and age.  My son will never buy another Sony branded
>>> product as a result.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Fire Protection Technicians Network
>>> www.firetechs.net
>>
>>
>> You guys know Chinese IBMs were manufactured with spyware on the bios
>> right? When the spyware is inside your network already its like trying
>> to block Skype.  You can't.  It would not surprise me to find out that
>> this was not a flaw, but a designed exploit.
>>
>
>
> Good point.  That's likely the reason why security equipment from China
> is so cheap!
>
> *** Buy this cheap DVR for $79.99 and pay thousands more later after we
> hack it and threaten to send your wife/girlfriend/best buddies/PETA
> pictures of you naked screwing that duck. ***
>
> What a racket!
>
> :-)

Well YOU try screwing a duck without raising a racket...