Abusing and Misusing Wireless Cameras

No one likes having a bunch of wires hanging around, nor is it particularly easy to install networking wires and keep the office décor aesthetically pleasing. However, along with the benefits of keeping a wire-free office comes some serious and significant drawbacks. Security expert Seth Fogie looks at one such adopter (the AXIS 207W wireless camera) and highlights several problems that can not only can give an attacker a first-person view into your office/home, but also ensure your wireless camera fails to operate as expected.

Thanks to the 802.11 standard and the ease with which a device can be wirelessly connected to a network, the technology market has exploded with all sorts of wireless gadgets. The ability to just turn on a device and have it connect to the rest of the world is a great selling point that has gotten the attention of both home and business consumers. No one likes having a bunch of wires hanging around, nor is it particularly easy to install networking wires and keep the office décor aesthetically pleasing. However, along with the benefits of keeping a wire-free office comes some serious and significant drawbacks. In this article, we are going to look at one such adopter and highlight several problems we found that not only can give an attacker a first-person view into your office/home, but also ensure your wireless camera fails to operate as expected.