Security News > 2020 > December > Smart Doorbell Disaster: Many Brands Vulnerable to Attack

That fresh assessment comes from NCC Group, which published a report last week outlining "Domestic IoT nightmares." In partnership with the publication Which?, it assessed smart doorbell models made by three vendors Victure, Qihoo and Accfly along with white-box offerings from three additional doorbell makers.

Smart doorbells lead the charge when it came to a 33 percent increase in smart home gadgets flooding U.S homes in 2020, according to Hub Entertainment Research.

Another doorbell device, identified only as "Smart WiFi Doorbell" and that used hardware from manufacture YinXx, was also examined.

Lastly, a smart doorbell identified only as XF-IP007H, was tested.

Next, combing through the output logs researchers found cleartext Wi-Fi name and passwords to be used in an attack against the Victure doorbell.

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https://threatpost.com/smart-doorbell-vulnerable-to-attack/162527/