Webcams facing cyber security threat worldwide

London June 20 (IANS) Webcams which are employed for multiple applications both at personal and organisational levels have turned into new cyber security threats a new report said on Tuesday.

According to a report titled Vulnerabilities in Foscam IP Cameras by Finland-based cyber security firm F-Secure multiple vulnerabilities are plaguing tens of thousands of web-connected cameras around the globe.

The researchers found a total of 18 vulnerabilities in these webcams and stated that an attacker can view the video feed control the camera operation and upload and download files from the built-in FTP server.

Foscam-made IP cameras have multiple vulnerabilities that can lead to full device compromise the report claimed.

An unauthenticated attacker can persistently compromise these cameras by employing a number of different methods leading to full loss of confidentiality integrity and availability depending on the actions of the attacker it added.

F-secure notified Foscam about the vulnerabilities but received no response.

According to F-secure Foscam has allegedly a history of bugs allowing access to video feeds on IP cameras and baby monitors.

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