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Original Link: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/CjBL4h7CUwc/cctv-dvr-vulnerabilities-traced-to-chinese-oem-which-spurned-researchers-advice
CCTV DVR Vulnerabilities Traced To Chinese OEM Which Spurned Researchers' Advice
An anonymous reader writes: RSA security researcher Rotem Kerner has identified a common vulnerability in the firmware of 70 different CCTV DVR vendors, which allows crooks to execute code and gain root privileges on the affected devices. The problem was actually in the firmware of just one DVR sold by Chinese firm TVT. The practice of "white-labeling" products helped propagate this issue to other "manufacturers" who did nothing more than to buy a non-branded DVR, tweaked its firmware, slapped their logo on top, and sold it a their own, vulnerability included.Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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