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Stupidest answer with ZERO security in mind I ever read.... I usually travel to different computers to connect back to my cam Answer quote: "http://user:Pwd@ip:port/cgi-bin/mjpg/video.cgi ?[channel=<1>]&subtype=1" 1. This leaves the username and password credential on the computer/brow...

Just got another email officialy from amcrest, but they did NOT mention about their willingness to fix this flaw... they even dare to say that the ticket will be closed without fixing this security flaw or how it will be handled. Very disappointed. The camera for sure will be returned to the retaile...

Hello all, The camera connects to Amazon cloud to check for automatic firmware update. This was implemented keeping in mind hassle free firmware update of the Ip camera. I believe this is the specific server the camera is trying to connect to. It also syncs with the P2P server for easy remote acces...

https://amcrest.com/forum/unknown-suspicious-udp-connection-from-camera-to-amazon-ec2-t1030.html Yea, I also discovered my ip2m841 is connecting to an ec2 instance at ec2-52-23-183-188.compute-1.amazonaws.com over port 8802 via UDP. Don't know what they are collecting and beaconing out, but this com...

Check yours! Mine is IP2M841 and this flaw may exist on other products too. The security flaw is, even I setup an user with only single permission to view live, NOTHING more, no PTZ, etc. The user is still able to use PTZ function (with popular free app like tinyCam Monitor or AMCREST's API)!!! Wow!...

Anyone notice that the Wifi camera will make suspicious UDP connections with an unknonw Amazon EC2 instance? Here is what I got from my router: IPV4 UDP AMC000XXXXXXXXXXXX.lan:51209 ec2-52-23-183-188.compute-1.amazonaws.com:8802 386.38 KB (4874 Pkts.) I did not use any AMCREST cloud services and won...