130,000 Avtech IP cameras, DVRs can be easily roped into IoT botnets

Security researcher Gergely Eberhardt has unearthed over dozen of vulnerabilities in most IP cameras, NVRs and DVRs by Taiwanese manufacturer Avtech, including things like plaintext storage of administrative password and authentication bypass flaws. Eberhardt, who works for Hungarian security testing outfit Search Lab, says a final tally would likely be even higher, as these vulnerabilities were found within a short period of time and the research was done without a systematic approach. According to the … More ?

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130,000 Avtech IP cameras, DVRs can be easily roped into IoT botnets