{"id":518,"date":"2019-08-12T16:17:46","date_gmt":"2019-08-12T10:32:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.meromauka.com\/news\/?p=518"},"modified":"2019-08-12T16:17:48","modified_gmt":"2019-08-12T10:32:48","slug":"security-researchers-find-that-dslr-cameras-are-vulnerable-to-ransomware-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.meromauka.com\/news\/security-researchers-find-that-dslr-cameras-are-vulnerable-to-ransomware-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"Security researchers find that DSLR cameras are vulnerable to ransomware attack"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Canon has issued a security advisory and firmware patch for the vulnerability<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ransomware on a DSLR Camera | Latest Research from Check Point\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/75fVog7MKgg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Ransomware has become a major threat to computer systems in recent years, as high-profile attacks have locked users out of personal computers,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2017\/5\/12\/15630354\/nhs-hospitals-ransomware-hack-wannacry-bitcoin\">hospitals<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2019\/5\/23\/18637638\/google-gmail-baltimore-ransomware-attacks\">city governments<\/a>, and even&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2019\/4\/19\/18507869\/weather-channel-ransomware-attack-tv-program-cable-off-the-air\">The Weather Channel<\/a>. Now, security researchers have discovered that another device that might be at risk: a DSLR camera.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check Point Software Technologies&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/research.checkpoint.com\/say-cheese-ransomware-ing-a-dslr-camera\/\">issued a report today<\/a>&nbsp;that detailed how its security researchers were able to remotely install malware on a digital DSLR camera. In it, researcher Eyal Itkin found that a hacker can easily plant malware on a digital camera. He says that the standardized Picture Transfer Protocol is an ideal method for delivering malware: it\u2019s unauthenticated and can be used with both Wi-Fi and USB. The report notes that individual with an infected Wi-Fi access point could deploy it at a tourist destination to pull off an attack, or infect a user\u2019s PC.CAMERAS COULD BE A PARTICULARLY JUICY TARGET FOR HACKERS<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a video, Itkin shows off how he were able to exploit a Canon E0S 80D over Wi-Fi and encrypt the images on the SD card so that the user wouldn\u2019t be able to access them. He also notes that cameras could be a particularly juicy target for hackers: they\u2019re full of personal images that most people likely won\u2019t want to walk away from. In a real ransomware attack, a hacker will typically demand a small amount of money in exchange for the key that will decrypt the files \u2014 usually a small enough amount that people would rather just pay to get rid of the inconvenience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check Point says that it disclosed the vulnerability to Canon back in March, and the two began work in May to develop a patch. Last week, Canon issued a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/global.canon\/en\/support\/security\/d-camera.html\">security advisory<\/a>, telling people to avoid using unsecured Wi-Fi networks, to turn off its network functions when it\u2019s not being used, and to update and install a new security patch onto the camera itself. Itkin says that he only worked with a Canon device, but tells&nbsp;<em>The Verge<\/em>&nbsp;that \u201cdue to the complexity of the protocol, we do believe that other vendors might be vulnerable as well, however it depends on their respective implementation.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Canon has issued a security advisory and firmware patch for the vulnerability Ransomware has become&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":520,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,4,5,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-518","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-newsbeat","category-science","category-tech"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Security researchers find that DSLR cameras 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