How Hackers exploits CCTV Private camaras.

Step 1: Download Angry Ip Scanner

Angry Ip scanner is powerful GUI Port scanner . Angry Ip scanner available for all major OS.

Download and Install Angry ip scanner

Step 2: Choose Ip Address Range

Its important that how to choose proper ip address range for CCTV camera hacking. CCTV cameras are connected with broadband internet connection. If your accessing broadband router then find your public ip address. Just type ‘My IP’ in Google or Bing search bar. Google will show your public ip address

Here 77.247.181.165 is my public ip . So ip range can be 77.247.181.1 o 77.247.181.255 or 77.247.181.1 o 77.247.185.255

Step 3: Configure Angry Ip for CCTV Camera Hacking

Open Angry Ip Scanner

Go to tools > Preferences > Ports | add ports 80,8080,23 in Port selection tab
It will scan 80,8080 and 23 port.

We need add web detect. Web detect can show short details about device details connected to internet. like as follow

1. CCTV camera model name
2. CCTV camera name
3. router name or router model name

Add web detect as follows

Go to Tools > Fetchers > add (<<) web detect

Click OK

Step 4: Start Ip Range Scanning

Add ip range in Ip range tab and click start

After scanning finished you will find interesting information in web detect tab some examples as follows

1. RomPager/4.07 UPnP/1.0 —– router
2. uc-httpd 1.0.0 —– CCTV camera
3. DVRDVS-Webs —– CCTV camera
4. microhttpd —– router
5. Webs —– CCTV camera
6. Hikvision-Webs —– CCTV camera
7. iBall-Baton —– CCTV camera

Copy ip address of detected CCTV camera and pest in browser press enter.

Step 5: Default Username and Password

Most of the CCTV cameras and router configured default username and password. example

Username : admin | password : admin
Username : admin | password : (blank password)
Username : admin | password : 12345
Username : admin | password : 9999

You can find default username and password list trying some googling

some CCTV cameras need plugin, you can download from same page. If not found plugin at same page then go to manufacture website site and download it.

Step 6: Crack CCTV Camera Password Using Hydra

If default password not work then we need to crack it. hydra is powerful brute for tool can crack CCTV cameras password.

Now fire up kali
root@DeepHack:~# hydra -s 80 -l admin -P /root/Desktop/wl/cctvpass.txt -e ns -t 16 targetIP http*

Hydra syntax-s 80 — define port number
-l admin — default login name admin
-P /root/desktop/worldlist.txt — choose your word list for brute force
-e — empty password
ns — try login as passwordand try empty password
http — port name for attackUsing these can hack CCTV cameras

Step 7: Warnning

This article is only for education purpose . Aim of these article is that how can secure cctv cameras using strong passwords. Do not use for criminal or another black art purpose. I am not responsible for that.