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Patch now! Insecure Hikvision security cameras can be taken over remotely

Malwarebytes

In a detailed post on Github , security researcher Watchful_IP describes how he found that the majority of the recent camera product ranges of Hikvision cameras are susceptible to a critical, unauthenticated, remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability, even with the latest firmware. Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology Co.,

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Types of Encryption, Methods & Use Cases

eSecurity Planet

By 2001, the NIST dubbed it the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) and officially replaced the use of DES. This feature can be included in firmware, in operating systems, or as a feature in open-source, shareware, or commercial applications.