Your baby monitor may be vulnerable to hackers, security firm warns

A new study by a security firm has revealed that the baby-monitor industry is potentially rife with flaws that could be exploited by hackers.

In a report released by Rapid7, it said that all nine of the baby-monitor brands it tested had major, varied security flaws, the daily dot reported.

iBaby Labs for instance let registered camera owners log into a website to view a live feed, making it easy for hackers to access an account by letting them randomly guess its password an unlimited number of times.

Philips meanwhile gave each of its In.Sight cameras the same default username and password, which meant that anyone could access a poorly configured camera just by knowing that information.

This is not the first time the vulnerability of connected appliances has come into the spotlight. Recently hackers took control of a Jeep Cherokee driving on a highway in Missouri, causing the engine to cut out and applying the brakes on the car, sending it into a spin.