Or to take control over them and do harm to their owner. Infected, it can also be used to infect other devices, to add them to a botnet, With hundreds or thousands of vulnerable devices, cybercriminals canĬreate a botnet to attack and take down servers and websites. Spaces, and stream the video directly to the internet, or turn the device intoĪ bot. Mobile World Congress visitors and Barcelona residents in private and public Webcams and other devices are vulnerable, there are a range of security, legalĪnd privacy concerns to be addressed. IP-connected devices – that are connected to the Kettles, coffee machines, garage doors, fridges, thermostats and other
Smart devices in Barcelona and 5.3 million in Spain overall – including smart The findings identified more than 493,000 Vulnerable to attack, which means that cybercriminals could livestream the Identified more than 22,000 webcams and baby monitors in the city that are Webcam vulnerabilities in Spain, and, specifically, in Barcelona. Its latest research experiment into smart devices, including public and private Products for consumers and businesses, today reveals the findings from Smart devices including webcams and baby monitors in the city are currentlyĬongress, Barcelona, Spain, February 27, 2017
