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Guru3D.com » News » Awkward: Nest cameras speaker abused to tell victims to subscribe to Youtube channels

Awkward: Nest cameras speaker abused to tell victims to subscribe to Youtube channels

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 01/25/2019 07:59 AM | source: myce | 13 comment(s)
Awkward: Nest cameras speaker abused to tell victims to subscribe to Youtube channels

An attacker has been successful to login to dozens of Nest cameras, mainly due to reused passwords. Once logged in, the attacker used the speakers of the camera to demand from victims to subscribe to Youtuber PewDiePie. The attacker also asked to prove the subscribe by performing it while he watched on the cam.

Against Vice Magazine, the attacker stated he uses usernames and passwords that have been compromised in various leaks, mentions myce:

With this leaked login data the attacker then attempts to login to Nest accounts. This is sometimes possible, because some Nest owners use the same leaked login data for their Nest account, and possibly many other accounts.  Once logged in, the Nest accounts provide live access to the Nest camera of the victim. The attacker claims that with this method he obtained login data for 4,000 Nest accounts. Nest users are advised to reset their password to a unique one, and to use two-factor authentication.



Awkward: Nest cameras speaker abused to tell victims to subscribe to Youtube channels




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sverek



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#5631380 Posted on: 01/25/2019 07:59 AM
This is actually wholesome. Could of been much worse.
Does the attacker access camera by its exposed public IP address port?

Anyway, shame on Nest for not assigning unique password for each device.

Brit90
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#5631384 Posted on: 01/25/2019 08:05 AM
I agree, ALL devices should be made to have a unique password from manufacture.
This Default Password rubbish, has to stop.

Size_Mick
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#5631481 Posted on: 01/25/2019 01:54 PM
I gotta say, sometimes I'm completely shocked at how tech-illiterate the public at large are.

scoter man1
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#5631486 Posted on: 01/25/2019 02:17 PM
I agree, ALL devices should be made to have a unique password from manufacture.
This Default Password rubbish, has to stop.
Right, like the ISPs just provide you with a router with a ssid/password already setup. Why is that so hard.

sverek
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#5631489 Posted on: 01/25/2019 02:21 PM
Right, like the ISPs just provide you with a router with a ssid/password already setup. Why is that so hard.

Probably cutting costs by installing same software on all devices. (no further step to change settings for each device)

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