The attacks on the CCTV Camera Sy
stems, in recent times have been elevated. Perpetrators can easily hack into your camera system and spy on everywhere and every time whenever they want even without your knowledge says Zayed Aljaberi, the founder of wesecure.ae. He demonstrated a process of hacking into a CCTV System within 30 seconds.
It is easy to bypass the login authentication of a CCTV Camera System.
Below are a few steps to penetrate into a CCTV Camera System and some practices to keep your camera system secure.
There are numerous processes to control system either by hacking the system or the network and have access through that.
Anything which gets connected to an internet becomes vulnerable. Follow these procedures to gain access using a public IP not just locally.
- Learn about the Public IP of the victim’s network.
- Login to the Router Settings à Port Forwarding à Access the IP of the CCTV System
- You may also run NMAP and scan the entire victim’s network and examine for live hosts and open ports.
- Possession to this information will enable you to have access to the CCTV Camera using a public IP.
Follow these steps, to evade or minimize the threat of getting your CCTV Systems hacked:
- Be certain to purchase upgraded and latest secure CCTV Systems
- Update the firmware and software regularly.
- Whenever a new CCTV system is installed at your house, make sure to change the following details:
- Local IP of the CCTV Camera.
- Check the Port Forwarding settings
- Change the Router Login Credentials. Choose a strong password.
- Make sure to turn OFF the Modem for 10 seconds and then turn it ON (This stem would amend your Public IP automatically, as normal client have a Dynamic IP)
Note: – The above steps had been tested with PROLAB System. It may or may not work with other models or brands.
