Security Camera Hack Conceals Heists Behind Dummy Video : Via Threat Level . LAS VEGAS — Technology has caught up with Hollywood heist films in a new hack being demonstrated at DefCon Friday, which involves hijacking IP video streams and seamlessly replacing them with new content. In its simplest form, the hack — conducted with two free tools developed by researchers at Sipera Systems’ Viper Lab — allows someone to intercept and copy video from IP surveillance cameras to spy on the secure

by Terry Stanfield Hard Knock lessons from a vet of CCTV systems big and little When you’re looking at designing an IP camera system normal rules for wiring the cameras and recording the cameras go out the window. Below I have listed 3 design characteristics that have modified from normal coaxial-based camera systems to IP based camera systems. Rule one : Infrastructure Design two years ago I was presented with a big camera system that required over 90 cameras in a building that was ove

July 31st, 2009 Terry Stanfield Posted in Security | 0 views by Terry StanfieldHard Knock lessons from a vet of CCTV systems massive and small When you are looking at planning an IP camera system traditional rules for wiring the cameras and recording the cameras go out the window. Below I have listed three design traits that have modified from conventional coaxial-based camera systems to IP based camera systems.Rule 1 : Infrastructure Designtwo years back I was presented with a big camera sy

FixHighlightCam Is A Quick And Easy Motion-Sensing Security CamBy Adam Pash on July 31, 2009 at 7:00 AM We’ve featured various motion-detectingvideo apps in the past, but now there’s HighlightCam, a web site that does the same thing but adds easy off-site backup and doesn’t require you to install anything.The site is simple enough. Just head to the Get Started page (you don’t even need to register to try it out), allow the site to use your computer’s webcam, and hit Start Recording. The recorder

Microsoft Tags To Offer Interactivity Almost Everywhere - dailydooh.com 07/30/2009 Microsoft has developed a new platform that allows advertisers to add colourful, two-dimensional barcodes to anything from marketing materials to computer games, and which directs consumers to specific Web sites when scanned using a mobile phone. The colorful 2D Microsoft Tags (in geometric or dotted design formats) transform offline marketing media – print advertising, billboards, packaging and merchand