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Ring customers get $5.6 million in privacy breach settlement

The Federal Trade Commission is sending $5.6 million in refunds to Ring users whose private video feeds were accessed without consent by Amazon employees and contractors, or had their accounts and devices hacked because of insufficient security protections.
- Bill Toulas
- April 24, 2024
- 10:31 AM
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Wyze camera glitch gave 13,000 users a peek into other homes

Wyze shared more details on a security incident that impacted thousands of users on Friday and said that at least 13,000 customers could get a peek into other users' homes.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- February 19, 2024
- 12:20 PM
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Wyze investigating 'security issue' amid ongoing outage

Wyze Labs is investigating a security issue while experiencing a service outage that has been causing connectivity issues since this morning.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- February 16, 2024
- 04:42 PM
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Ubiquiti users report having access to others’ UniFi routers, cameras

Since yesterday, customers of Ubiquiti networking devices, ranging from routers to security cameras, have reported seeing other people's devices and notifications through the company's cloud services.
- Lawrence Abrams
- December 14, 2023
- 03:38 PM
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RCE exploit for Wyze Cam v3 publicly released, patch now

A security researcher has published a proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit for Wyze Cam v3 devices that opens a reverse shell and allows the takeover of vulnerable devices.
- Bill Toulas
- October 30, 2023
- 04:46 PM
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Microsoft finally fixes broken Surface Pro X laptop cameras

Microsoft is finally rolling out a driver update to address a known issue causing built-in cameras on ARM-based Windows devices (including Surface Pro X laptops) to stop working.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- July 10, 2023
- 05:28 PM
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Over 80,000 exploitable Hikvision cameras exposed online

Security researchers have discovered over 80,000 Hikvision cameras vulnerable to a critical command injection flaw that's easily exploitable via specially crafted messages sent to the vulnerable web server.
- Bill Toulas
- August 22, 2022
- 05:48 PM
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Amazon fixes Ring Android app flaw exposing camera recordings

Amazon has fixed a high-severity vulnerability in the Amazon Ring app for Android that could have allowed hackers to download customers' saved camera recordings.
- Lawrence Abrams
- August 18, 2022
- 06:00 AM
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New Windows 11 privacy feature lists apps that used your microphone, camera

Microsoft has recently added a new privacy feature that allows Windows 11 users to get a list of all the apps that have recently accessed their sensitive info and devices, including their camera, microphone, and contacts.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- June 17, 2022
- 12:22 PM
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Screencastify Chrome extension flaws allow webcam hijacks

The popular Screencastify Chrome extension has fixed a vulnerability that allowed malicious sites to hijack users' webcams and steal recorded videos. However, security flaws still exist that could be exploited by unscrupulous insiders.
- Bill Toulas
- May 24, 2022
- 12:45 PM
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Cyberspies use IP cameras to deploy backdoors, steal Exchange emails

A newly discovered and uncommonly stealthy Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) group is breaching corporate networks to steal Exchange (on-premise and online) emails from employees involved in corporate transactions such as mergers and acquisitions.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- May 02, 2022
- 01:28 PM
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Wyze Cam flaw lets hackers remotely access your saved videos

A Wyze Cam internet camera vulnerability allows unauthenticated, remote access to videos and images stored on local memory cards and has remained unfixed for almost three years.
- Bill Toulas
- March 29, 2022
- 11:28 AM
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Microsoft PowerToys adds Windows 11 theme, new mouse utility

Microsoft has added new utilities to the PowerToys toolset and updated the user interface with a new Windows 11 theme for PowerRename.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- October 29, 2021
- 10:57 AM
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Unpatched Dahua cams vulnerable to unauthenticated remote access

Unpatched Dahua cameras are prone to two authentication bypass vulnerabilities, and a proof of concept exploit that came out today makes the case of upgrading pressing.
- Bill Toulas
- October 07, 2021
- 06:56 AM
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Microsoft shares fix for 'camera upload is paused' Android OneDrive error

Microsoft says a OneDrive issue prevents some Android users from uploading photos and videos from their camera roll to the cloud.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- September 15, 2021
- 12:52 PM
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Hackers access surveillance cameras at Tesla, Cloudflare, banks, more

Hackers gained access to live surveillance cameras installed at Tesla, Equinox, healthcare clinics, jails, and banks, including the Bank of Utah.
- Ax Sharma
- March 09, 2021
- 05:25 PM
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Apple: Closing MacBooks with camera covers leads to display damage

Apple warns customers to avoid closing their MacBook, MacBook Air, or MacBook Pro devices if they use a camera cover thicker than 0.1mm to avoid display damage.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- July 10, 2020
- 04:18 PM
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Apple Paid $75K For Bugs Letting Sites Hijack iPhone Cameras

Apple has paid a $75,000 bug bounty to a security researcher who chained together three different exploits that could have allowed malicious web sites to use your iPhone camera and microphone without permission.
- Lawrence Abrams
- April 03, 2020
- 12:52 PM
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UK NCSC Releases Tips on Securing Smart Security Cameras

The UK National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has released guidance on how to correctly set up smart security cameras and baby monitors to avoid having them hacked by attackers.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- March 03, 2020
- 03:21 PM
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Ring Forces 2FA On All Users to Secure Cameras from Hackers

Ring announced today the roll-out of mandatory two-factor authentication to all user accounts, as well as the inclusion of additional security and privacy controls over third-party service providers, and the choice to opt-out of personalized advertising.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- February 18, 2020
- 01:51 PM
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