With the development of the Internet of Things, more and more Internet devices can be accessed, but the number of hacker attacks has also increased. Even the ransomware that has been targeted at personal computers has also been used to store people’s love. Photo of the digital SLR idea.
Israel security company Check Point issued a report at the DEF CON hacking conference in Las Vegas on the 11th, stating that digital SLR cameras are at risk of hacking when connecting to USB or Wi-Fi.
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The researchers selected the latest Canon EOS 80D for testing. The camera supports both USB and Wi-Fi connections. Researchers have found that because the common picture transfer protocol (PTP) of the major cameras supports a variety of commands and does not require encryption or authentication, hackers can use this to embed malware into the camera, such asThey easily encrypted photos of the SD card on the EOS 80D via Wi-Fi.
However, users of EOS 80D don’t have to worry. Check Point notified Canon of the vulnerability at the end of March. Canon began patching in various regions starting July 30.
Not just the EOS 80D, Check Point said that most Wi-Fi-enabled SLRs today face similar threats, as long as the hacker and the target camera are on the same network, the ransomware can be silently installed to the target camera. This encrypts all pictures and displays ransomware requirements.
“Any smart device, including digital SLRs, is vulnerable to attack,” Check Poin