But with a recent update, they have included the option to hack cameras of certain models using exploits available on the internet. Routersploit is a tool for originally hacking routers. 4) Hacking CCTV with GOOGLE search queries This shows how easily hackers can hack your cameras if they are on the public network. And if the passwords are not changed, then you will directly log in. Try the default passwords for the brand by googling. Here you will find all the important details like camera IP address ports and services as well as banners showing info that can be used to hack the camera. To see the camera device details, just click on the link: You can type the name of the camera brand like “ Hikvision” or a very general term like “ webcam.” Details about the Camera from Shodan Shodan is a search engine service that shows all Internet devices around the world, including security CCTV cameras. Shodan is not a CCTV camera hacking app but a search engine. So we are going to be using this method to hack CCTV cameras around the world. In my previous article about Shodan, I had shown how powerful the search engine is. Then search on google for the default username and password. As long as you know the IP address and the port of the camera, you can directly open the control interface. The same process can be used for all other brands of the camera as well. Google is the perfect place for finding default passwords. Then you can find vulnerabilities and default passwords for the same. The default username and password: “ admin/12345“ 5) Note the manufacturer and device model on the banner.ĭid you get the idea? To hack CCTV cameras, you just need to know what is the manufacturer’s name and device model. The default password for this can be found on the internet. In this case, the camera we detected was a Hikvision DVR. Especially government and army-related IP.

You can also do this on the internet, but I recommend not to because you will be pining a lot of devices all over the internet, which may or may not have legal consequences depending on which IP address you scan. Only after a few scans were we able to find two Hikvision DVRs that are online on the network. See the picture below where a range of IP addresses was scanned.įor privacy and legal reasons, we have decided not to show the first part of the IP. So we need an IP Address range to scan with the Angry IP scanner. To hack a CCTV camera, you first need to find the exact IP address and port. 4)Choose the IP address and port range to scan

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