6 Ways to Improve School Security and Safety
6 Ways to Improve School Security and Safety School security is top-of-mind for school administrators nationwide, and today’s schools face many challenges when it comes ...…
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If the thought of a hacker turning your baby monitor into a spy cam or using it to terrorize you or your child gives you nightmares, I’ve got bad news for you. When security firm Rapid 7 tested nine widely available internet-connected baby monitors for security vulnerabilities, the results weren’t pretty. “Eight of the nine cameras got an F and one got a D minus,” security researcher Mark Stanislav told Fusion’s Kashmir Hill. Security flaws included issues such as a lack of encryption, the use of default passwords, and access to Internet portals with the device’s serial number or account number. Rapid 7 disclosed the vulnerabilities to the companies, who will hopefully all take the information to heart. Stanislav recommends Nestcam (formerly Dropcam) for security, though Hill points out that law enforcement sometimes sends search warrants for the video. Another option is a radio frequency-based baby monitor, which could only be hacked by someone intercepting the radio signal with a sniffing device outside your house, rather than everyone on the Internet.