How hackers are exploiting vulnerable. Rae Carruth on this page. From Hikvision firm are affected by vulnerabilities that allow an attacker to hack them remotely. Digital Video Recorders.

Step Look at the operating system option to determine which operating system the DVR uses. Note that only SARA operating systems can be hacked internally. Internal Hack Step Use a wrench tool to remove the boxes cover. Take the wrench and remove the screw that is holding the cover in place. The type of varies per DVR system so check the owner's manual for more information. A popular type of wrench is the security torx bit #10 tool.

Step Remove the drive bracket from the DVR. Unmount the DVR drive be removing the bracket that is holding it in place. Use a Phillips head screwdriver for this task, in addition to the previously mentioned tool.

Here's something we haven't seen before: security camera recorders hacked and used to mine bitcoin. The issue was by Johannes Ullrich, an instructor at the SANS Technology Institute – a computer security training organization. Last Friday, he discovered malicious software infecting the Hikvision DVRs used to record video from security cameras. The malware jumps from device to device, trying to infect any other machines it can find on the network. But it also tries to earn a little scratch for its creators by mining bitcoins, a processor-intensive activity that would probably slow down any infected DVR.

Though this is a novel method, it's hardly the first time hackers have tried to bust their way into other people's hardware in order to make some bitcoin, the popular digital currency. The bitcoin system is run by independent machines spread across the globe, and if you contribute processing power to the system, you receive some bitcoin in return.

This is called mining, and hackers often seek to mine using any machines they can gain control of – including security camera DVRs. Most malicious software is written for Linux or Windows machines, but Ullrich has seen this new malware infect routers and DVRs in the past. That usually happens accidentally when a worm written for a Windows or Linux system spreads to strange devices that happen to be running the same operating system.