Smart" cameras are one of the most ubiquitous IoT devices in the business world today, but they’re also one of the riskiest regarding cybersecurity.
What makes these devices so problematic—and a hacker’s dream—is that they fail at basic cybersecurity, are often accessible from the internet and almost always have outbound access to the internet, too...
A more serious threat with smart cameras is that hackers can use them to spy on a company through video and audio feeds.
Sophisticated hackers can use this type of access to monitor susceptible areas in the company, such as boardrooms, executive conference rooms and manufacturing facilities. I’ve recently seen over half a dozen corporations compromised this way. The hackers remained undetected for years while they had direct access to important meetings and manufacturing operations.
Sneaky Data Theft
Smart cameras also make it harder for companies to detect stolen data leaving their networks. In a typical IT attack, hackers run the risk of getting caught when they try to exfiltrate data from the network. However, cameras and other types of IoT are a prominent blind spot for IT teams since they typically don’t monitor the cameras’ network traffic or block them from connecting to new IP addresses. This makes cameras a perfect conduit for data theft. more
