Computerworld has the story:
We have posted about this before Jun11, 2014 http://oversitesentry.com/what-if-your-new-gadget-gets-hacked-even-your-countertop-or-toilet/
The creepy hacker said some words to the nanny and caused the nanny to turn off the webcam.
There seems to be a sad theme here
as well as our post(Nov16) of regular webcams (not just babycams)
http://oversitesentry.com/change-default-passwords-online-cams/
It seems it is too hard to change the default password for people.
Here is the Foscam manual: http://foscam.us/downloads/FI8910W%20User%20Manual.pdf
Here is part of the problem (from manual):
User
: The default username of the camera is admin. You will need to put in the correct administrator username in order to change the network configuration.
Password
: The default password of the camera is left blank; do not enter any characters in this field. You will need to put the correct password in order to change the network configuration.
So any hacker worth 2 nickels can crack this machine.
As they say make it easy to use now security will suffer.
If you have a webcam please change this password by using the manual included in this post
or call us and we can help you.
Tony Z 314-504-3974 tonyz”at”fixvirus.com