Search Engine Shows Video Feed Snapshots Of Sleeping Babies, Banks, Coffee Shops From Unsecured Webcams

Internet users can view video feeds of unsecured web and surveillance cameras scattered across the globe for just about £34 through a search engine.

Some of the feeds include babies sleeping peacefully in their rooms, kitchens, stores and even the back room of some banks. They all come from Internet of Things (IoT) devices which have little to no security at all.

The feeds can be viewed online for a small fee through Shodan, a search engine that aims to expose the weaknesses and flaws of the emerging IoT devices around the world. Shodan’s algorithm crawls the web space for unprotected cameras and shows them on their website.

Once the web crawler finds an open port, it can access the live video feed. It reveals a glaring vulnerability in IoT devices. Shodan searches for cameras that use the Real Time Streaming Protocol (RTSP) with the port 554, according to Ars Technica UK. For the full article click here 

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