Intelligent CISO Issue 24 | Page 24

threat updates UK Smart cameras and baby monitors can be watched by criminals over the Internet by default, security chiefs have warned. The National Cybersecurity Centre (NCSC) is advising people to tweak the settings after buying them. Easyto-guess default passwords might let a hacker secretly observe a home through connected devices, it said. GLOBAL It has been reported that a huge proportion of Internetconnected imaging devices at hospitals run outdated operating systems. Researchers found that 83% of these devices run on outdated software that can’t be updated even when it contains known vulnerabilities that hackers can exploit. The number increased significantly from 2018, which coincides with Microsoft ending support for Windows 7 earlier this year. 24 Issue 24 | www.intelligentciso.com