March 04, 2020

NCSC: Secure your webcams now

We don't want to see what you do behind closed doors, but lots of hackers would be happy to pull up a chair to view that video stream.

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November 26, 2019

Parents say creep hacked their baby monitor to tell toddler they ‘love’ her

The Taococo FREDI baby monitor has repeatedly been criticized for being easy to hack.

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February 01, 2019

Hacker talks to baby through Nest security cam, jacks up thermostat

Yet another family unnerved by yet another voice coming from a nursery webcam serves as yet another argument against password reuse.

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October 16, 2018

How to buy (and set up) a safe and secure baby monitor

Wi-Fi enabled or not? Digital or analog? Here are the features to look for, and how to secure your baby monitor out of the box.

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February 22, 2018

Another baby monitor is allowing strangers to spy on children

Researchers say Mi-Cam is easy to hijack: turn it off to keep the kids from being eyeballed by prying eyes or chatted up by strangers.

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October 08, 2017

Woman films her spying webcam as it talks to her

The webcam swivelled around on its own and began to speak

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January 09, 2017

FTC sues D-Link for ‘insecure’ routers and IP cameras

Regulator launches crackdown on insecure devices that allow snoopers to spy on you and your family

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July 19, 2016

Warning issued over baby monitor, webcam, IoT security… again!

Creeps are still live-streaming your badly secured IoT devices, says UK's data watchdog, the ICO.

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January 29, 2016

NYC launches investigation into hackability of baby monitors

It's issued subpoenas to multiple manufacturers to find out just how much we can believe their security claims.

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