Security News Hackers hijack surveillance camera footage with 'Peekaboo' zero-day vulnerability

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https://www.zdnet.com/article/hackers-can-tamper-with-surveillance-camera-footage-due-to-new-zero-day-vulnerability/

The previously unknown security flaw in Nuuo software is thought to impact hundreds of thousands of devices worldwide.

A zero-day vulnerability present in security cameras and surveillance equipment using Nuuo software is thought to impact hundreds of thousands of devices worldwide.
Researchers from cybersecurity firm Tenabledisclosed the bug, which has been assigned as CVE-2018-1149.

The vulnerability cannot get much more serious, as it allows attackers to remotely execute code in the software, the researchers said in a security advisory on Monday.
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