Pierluigi Paganini
September 04, 2025
Hikvision HikCentral flaw allows unauthenticated users to gain admin rights, risking full control over configs, logs, and critical monitoring. Security researchers warn of three vulnerabilities impacting Hikvision HikCentral, which is a centralized management software used across many industries for video surveillance, access control, and integrated security operations. The three vulnerabilities are: One of them was […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 30, 2025
Canada bans Hikvision over national security concerns, ordering the company to stop operations and barring its tech from government use. Canada ordered Chinese surveillance firm Hikvision to cease all operations in the country, citing national security concerns. Minister MĂ©lanie Joly announced the decision after a security review found vendor’s activities could pose a threat. Canada […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 14, 2023
Chinese video surveillance giant Hikvision addressed a critical vulnerability in its Hybrid SAN and cluster storage products. Chinese video surveillance giant Hikvision addressed an access control vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-28808, affecting its Hybrid SAN and cluster storage products. An attacker with network access to the device can exploit the issue to obtain admin permission. The […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 12, 2023
Australia’s Defense Department announced that they will remove surveillance cameras made by Chinese firms linked to the government of Beijing. Australia’s Defense Department is going to replace surveillance cameras made by Chinese firms Hikvision and Dahua, who are linked to the government of Beijing. The decision of the Australian government is aligned with similar decisions […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 25, 2022
The British government banned the installation of Chinese-linked security cameras at sensitive facilities due to security risks. Reuters reports that the British government ordered its departments to stop installing Chinese security cameras at sensitive buildings due to security risks. The Government has ordered departments to disconnect the camera from core networks and to consider removing […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 23, 2022
Experts warn that over 80,000 Hikvision cameras are vulnerable to a critical command injection vulnerability. Security researchers from CYFIRMA have discovered over 80,000 Hikvision cameras affected by a critical command injection vulnerability tracked as CVE-2021-36260. The Chinese vendor addressed the issue in September 2021, but tens of thousands of devices are yet to be patched. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 22, 2021
A critical issue, tracked as CVE-2021-36260, affects more than 70 Hikvision device models and can allow attackers to take over them. A critical vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2021-36260, affects more than 70 Hikvision camera and NVR models and can allow attackers to take over the devices. The vulnerability is an unauthenticated Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 24, 2014
Security experts discovered a new malware that targets DVR and other Internet of Things devices recruiting them for different illegal activities. DVR, abbreviation for Digital Video Recorders systems, from Hikvision firm are affected by vulnerabilities that allow an attacker to hack them remotely. Digital Video Recorders are systems used to record surveillance footage of office buildings and […]
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