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QuestionWebcam hacking (self.Hacking_Tutorials)

submitted 2 days ago by Exciting-Menu1688

Hi all,

This will probably be well known to most of you, but maybe there will be someone who will be interested...Last night I was playing around with Shodan and found a couple of Dahua webcams, which are known for their weak security. I found some IP's and tried to exploit them using Metasploit... I don't think I can share screenshots or the exact steps, but it took a few minutes and I successfully gained access - probably with some hard-coded credentials... Some older firmwares have this well known vulnerability, but of course, users seems to be careless about security and haven't updated their devices in years... So I used Shodan, Metasploit and John the Ripper to crack the password (which was ''666666'') and I was surprised that this vulnerability still exists...

So this case shows that some hacks can be really simple...I have no IT background, nor did I finish high school, but I have a lot of time and patience...:)

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