Can you rely on video surveillance recording if it could be remotely tampered by a Hacker?

Hundreds of thousands of security cameras are believed to be vulnerable (dubbed "PeekaBoo") to a zero-day vulnerability that could allow hackers to spy on feeds and even tamper with video surveillance recordings.



The vulnerability, dubbed “Peekaboo”, exists in NUUO’s Network Video Recorder software and aside from allowing remote hackers to snoop on and even alter CCTV footage, can even be abused to steal data such as credentials for all connected security cameras, IP addresses, and other data related to the devices.

First, NUUO is a leading member of the video surveillance industry.
According to some estimates there might be anything between 180,000 and 800,000 CCTV cameras in public usage that are vulnerable to “Peekaboo”

Secondly, hackers could exploit the root access they gain on vulnerable devices to disconnect live video feeds, or even tamper with security footage.

The good news is that NUUO is believed to be working on a patch. The bad news is that each camera is likely to need to be updated manually once a patch is made available.

https://www.bitdefender.com/box/blog/iot-news/peekaboo-zero-day-lets-hackers-view-alter-surveillance-camera-footage/