Internet of Things

• Standard PCs are protected well because users continuously interact with them. On the

other hand, IP cameras suer from a lack of supervision. Therefore, their “invisibility”

allows for hackers to silently hack them.

• Since IP cameras are quick, 24/7 connected, and use high bandwidth to process the image

and video data, thus they especially singled out for DDoS attacks by cybercriminals.

How Are IP Cameras Attacked?

Usually, an IP camera is attacked with the following method.

1. Hackers identify a device which has open ports of UPnP, Secure Shell, or Telnet.

Subsequently, they perform a trial-and-error method by using the default credentials. ...