The Russian hackers are trying to connect to one of my surveillance cameras
- Thread starter Armano38
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A good place to start is the Network Camera Security Guide from Hikvision.
basil
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You really don't give enough details for us to help, but I will try.
If your camera is exposed to external access, then it is quite normal for others to try and access it. As long as you have a string password and illegal login locks set then you can do little more. If you don't want anyone accessing your camera then use a VPN or lock down the source IP's to your mobile network etc. To reduce the was of anyone finding it see the end of this post.
If you think that they have accessed your Hikvision account then change the password or terminate using it.
Dont jump to conclusions that it is Russian hackers - It could well be an English/Indian/Norwegian user using Russia through a VPN, which would be pretty typical for those fishing for vulnerabilities using a VPN and spoofing their country.
If you have a router advertising port 80 for this camera then you can dramatically reduce the ease of anyone finding your camera by using port translation and using a high numbered random port.
You are also taking an enhanced level of risk by using http to access your camera remotely - You should be using https, else you will find your camera password quickly found via public wifi etc.
If your camera is exposed to external access, then it is quite normal for others to try and access it. As long as you have a string password and illegal login locks set then you can do little more. If you don't want anyone accessing your camera then use a VPN or lock down the source IP's to your mobile network etc. To reduce the was of anyone finding it see the end of this post.
If you think that they have accessed your Hikvision account then change the password or terminate using it.
Dont jump to conclusions that it is Russian hackers - It could well be an English/Indian/Norwegian user using Russia through a VPN, which would be pretty typical for those fishing for vulnerabilities using a VPN and spoofing their country.
If you have a router advertising port 80 for this camera then you can dramatically reduce the ease of anyone finding your camera by using port translation and using a high numbered random port.
You are also taking an enhanced level of risk by using http to access your camera remotely - You should be using https, else you will find your camera password quickly found via public wifi etc.
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yesterday morning I had over 20 attempts to connect to one of my surveillance cameras
now we have closed all ports in the router
I expect to see in a while if anyone is trying to connect again
I didn't use hik-connect until a few days ago
i used ivms 4500 and ddns worked perfectly for a while
now through the gsm ivms 4500 network no longer works and I had to activate hik-connect
now we have closed all ports in the router
I expect to see in a while if anyone is trying to connect again
I didn't use hik-connect until a few days ago
i used ivms 4500 and ddns worked perfectly for a while
now through the gsm ivms 4500 network no longer works and I had to activate hik-connect