Google-owned Nest was pointed out to contain security flaws, since the company’s cameras can be hacked and taken over on a Bluetooth network, according to Security researcher Jason Doyle.
Google-owned Nest was pointed out to contain security flaws, since the company’s cameras can be hacked and taken over on a Bluetooth network, according to Security researcher Jason Doyle.
Doyle has published a report indicating three vulnerabilities he’s found in Nest models such as the Dropcam, Dropcam Pro, Nest Cam Outdoor and Nest Cam Indoor running Nest’s version 5.2.1 firmware.
The first type of security breach is sending an overlong Wi-Fi SSID parameter on a Bluetooth Low Energy network to trigger a buffer overflow in the camera, causing the device to crash, stop recording and reboot. The second type creates a similar overflow by sending an encrypted Wi-Fi password parameter.