Amazon, Walmart and Temu are selling unsafe knockoff video doorbells, report finds
Amazon, Walmart and Temu are selling unsafe knockoff video doorbells, report finds
admin 2024/02/29 18:16A range of video doorbell brands sold by online retailers including Amazon, Temu, Shein and Walmart have security vulnerabilities that could expose users to hackers, an investigation by Consumer Reports found.
The consumer advocacy group found issues with a dozen seemingly identical video doorbells sold under brand names including Eken and Tuck. All are made by the Eken Group, based in Shenzhen, China, and controlled through a mobile app called Aiwit, which Eken operates, CR said.
Eken and Tuck are not well-known brands in the video doorbell market, yet they are relatively strong sellers online. The doorbells appeared in multiple listings on Amazon, with more than 4,200 sold in January alone. Both brands are often touted as "Amazon's Choice: Overall Pick," CR stated.
Learn more: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/amazon-walmart-temu-video-doorbells-consumer-reports/
The consumer advocacy group found issues with a dozen seemingly identical video doorbells sold under brand names including Eken and Tuck. All are made by the Eken Group, based in Shenzhen, China, and controlled through a mobile app called Aiwit, which Eken operates, CR said.
Eken and Tuck are not well-known brands in the video doorbell market, yet they are relatively strong sellers online. The doorbells appeared in multiple listings on Amazon, with more than 4,200 sold in January alone. Both brands are often touted as "Amazon's Choice: Overall Pick," CR stated.
The troubles uncovered by CR researchers include:
Exposure of a user's home IP addresses and WiFi network names to the internet without encryption, potentially opening a user's home network to malicious activity.
Ability of potential bad actors to take over the device by downloading the Aiwit smartphone app and entering the doorbell into pairing mode, allowing them to take ownership of the device, view camera footage and lock out the owner of the device.
Remote access to still images from the video feed and other information without authentication, by acquiring the serial number of the doorbell.
Lack of a registration code that must be visible on this class of product, under Federal Communications Commission regulations.
Learn more: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/amazon-walmart-temu-video-doorbells-consumer-reports/
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