Nowadays, many households have switched to using smart cameras to ensure the security of their homes, children, and assets while they are at work or on vacation. However, like most devices, smart cameras can still be vulnerable to hacking.
However, not everyone can hack security cameras. They have to be experts with knowledge of network security cameras. And remote camera attacks require a lot of effort.
7 ways to detect hacked cameras. (Illustrative image)
In addition, there are other factors from users that can make home cameras vulnerable to attacks, such as: Not changing the default password, installing cameras in a too low position that can be tampered with, granting full management rights to many people (camera technicians, network providers,…), logging into camera accounts on other devices that they don’t own…
Users can minimize the risk of being attacked by regularly changing access passwords. If you don’t change the default password provided by the installer, hackers can easily guess the password and penetrate your home camera.
How to detect hacked surveillance cameras
Here are 7 ways to help you detect hacked surveillance cameras in your home:
Unusual noises coming from the camera
One of the signs that a surveillance camera has been hacked or compromised is when there is strange voices or unusual noise coming from the camera. Hackers or cyber criminals may be watching and recording your every move, and they carelessly letting sound escape into the camera through the two-way audio feature.
Changed camera angles
Does your surveillance camera have a software adjustable angle? Does it automatically rotate to different positions in the house that you didn’t set? Chances are, hackers are controlling the camera to gather information inside your home.
Blinking LED light on the camera
If you are using a camera in a security system, check it. Whenever you see the LED light blinking, it means that hackers are trying to access your home camera.
The LED light on the camera is used to indicate the camera’s status (operating, changing settings, downloading data, updating software,…). So if there is an impact on it, this light system will flash alarmingly, and you can pay attention to this situation to easily recognize if the camera is being attacked or not.
Camera turning on after being turned off
Even if you have turned off the entire security camera system, one of those cameras automatically turns on and the LED light turns on. This confirms that your security system has been hacked.
Changed camera settings
Check the security settings on your camera. If you find that the alarm mode or some other settings have been changed, this may be because the hacker has touched your system.
Unable to access the camera even though the correct password is entered
Suddenly, one day you are logged out of your camera account on the software, and when you try to log in, you are not able to. Even though you entered the correct information as well as the security camera password. This shows that the hacker has changed your camera password, preventing you from accessing your own home camera system.
Unusual mobile data or network traffic
Another way to check if your home security camera system is still safe is to monitor the internet traffic of the network system that the security camera is using.
If there is unusual traffic or a sudden increase in traffic, it also means that hackers are infiltrating your camera system, and they are trying to “steal” camera data outside, which explains why the network traffic is increasing.
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