Vulnerability Exposes Thousands of GoPRO Users' Wireless Passwords
Mar 03, 2015
    GoPro , the popular wearable high-definition camera manufacturer, has vulnerability  in its official website that exposes usernames and passwords of thousand of its customers' wireless network.     Action camera maker GoPro manufactures cameras which are compact, lightweight, rugged, and are wearable or mountable on vehicles. GoPro cameras capture still photos or video in HD through a wide-angle lens.     GoPro offers a mobile app to its users that gives you full remote control of all camera functions — take a photo, start/stop recording and adjust settings.     You need to connect to the wireless network operated by your camera, and the GoPro app gives you instant access to the GoPro Channel to view photos and play back videos, then share your favorites via email, text, Facebook, Twitter and more.    FLAW EXPOSES WIRELESS PASSWORD   Security researcher Ilya Chernyakov  reported  The Hacker News team that GoPro camera update mechanism could expose your wireless username and passwor...