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Friday 20 January 2017

SAMSUNG SMARTCAM FALLS VICTIM TO CYBER ATTACK

Today all devices in our home are becoming more connected to networks than ever to make our lives easy. But what's worrisome is that these connected devices can be turned against us, anytime, due to lack of stringent security measures and insecure encryption mechanisms implemented in this Internet of Things (IoTs) devices.

Cam devices have among those connected devices we mostly use for many reasons – We have witness many incidents were these devises falling victims to Cyberattacks. The most recent victim of this issue is the Samsung's range of SmartCam home security cameras – Cybercriminals find their way into Samsung SmartCam, It's not necessary to break into your computer or Smartphone to spy on you.



Hackers have confirmed it is too easy to hijack the popular Samsung SmartCam security cameras, as they contain a critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability that could let hackers gain root access and take full control of these devices.

SmartCam is one of the Samsung's SmartThings ranges of devices, which allows its users to connect, manage, monitor and control "smart" devices in their home using their smartphones or tablets.