Re: Cheap DVR's Get Hacked

[Frank Kurz <tech@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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!

:-)