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Is your webcam exposed on the internet and everyone enjoying your personal moments? | How to check webcam or security camera is exposed on the internet or not?

Nowadays we start using many technology devices in our homes. Many people are installing CCTV or security cameras in their houses, private rooms, offices, private places, etc for security purposes and monitoring, but many of them don't know how to configure that device securely. So let's talk about CCTV and security cameras only.  What do most CCTV/Security camera users believe? Most users believe that using a strong username and password on a camera administrative page protects them. (Partially true in the case of online cameras) Example: Why it is partially true? It's partially true because you are protecting only the camera administrative page which is also an important part. Still, you are not protecting the protocol used to control streaming media servers (Real-Time Streaming Protocol ( RTSP )). I have seen many online webcams whose administrative page is secured by strong credentials, but they forget to secure the RTSP protocol which gives me access to the streaming

CCTV /Webcam Users! Pay Attention!

  Hello Everyone, my name is Rishabh Sharma. I am a cybersecurity consultant. People who are in the cybersecurity domain have crazy minds. They want to use this skill to know more about things that normal people don’t know. They feel it is a power on the internet. In my college days, I was also curious to know how keyloggers, RAT, etc work and to get the information from other systems. I tried and was successful, I had started receiving the desktop screenshot and you know how it feels when you are just a learner and you hacked someone’s random system on the internet. Woohoo…. It was an awesome feeling but I know, it was wrong. The story that I have shared with you is to inform you that don’t click on random links, don’t download random stuff which you are not aware of, use a firewall and antivirus tools, etc. CCTV /Webcam Users! Pay Attention! Nowadays, people are installing many CCTV cameras in their houses, private rooms, offices, private places, etc for security purposes and monitor