Privacy flaws in connected security and doorbell cameras were recently discovered by Florida Tech students that prevent the user accounts be removed, leading to potential malicious attacks. According to Florida Tech Newsroom's previous report, internet-connected doorbell and security cameras manufactured by Nest, Ring, SimpliSafe, and eight other companies were discovered to have "systemic design flaws."
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Vendors of the doorbell cameras were informed by the work of Janes and were also offered several strategies to lessen the underlying security issues. $3,133 "bug bounty" was awarded to Janes in recognition of his work, showing how the discovery of the privacy flaws is important in the Net series of devices.
Samsung and other manufacturers are currently coordinating with Janes about the recommended actions that could fix the vulnerability. The privacy flaw allows a person to access another person's camera, although the other person's account was removed.
The Florida Tech team noticed that the scenario usually happens since the granting or removing of a user account's access is done in the cloud and not directly on the smartphones or the camera involved. However, the approach is mostly preferred by the manufacturers since owners can transmit data without connecting their cameras directly to the smartphone.
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