US Police Cameras Come With Conficker Preset

The old and much-known computer virus Conficker got a second wind. He was found in wearable camera software for the U.S. police. After several incidents of shooting at unarmed people, these police cells were ordered to be worn, which resulted in street protests and riots. IPower Technologies, a US company, has discovered that cameras sold by Martel Electronics are infected with Win32 / Conficker.B! Inf.

These cameras are also used by SWAT forces. The camera itself is mounted on the chest of a policeman and records everything that happens around on video. In addition, the camera determines the coordinates of the policeman, and also regularly takes photos. All data is stored on an internal drive, from where police or observers can transfer it to a PC using a regular USB cable.

Information security experts tested the new Martel Frontline Body Camera models, which were only obtained from the manufacturer. After connecting one of the cameras to the PC, the antivirus installed on this computer immediately issued a warning about the presence of the virus on the external drive, that is, on the camera’s drive. Despite the fact that Win32 / Conficker.B! Inf is detected by almost all modern antiviruses, not all PCs have antivirus software installed. The worm, reaching an unprotected PC, spreads very quickly across the local network.

At the same time, IoT devices are usually poorly protected from such threats, so viruses like Conficker can be effective against such devices now just as they were effective against personal computers in 2008-2009. For PCs, this virus is no longer a particular threat.

So far, the camera company has not answered iPower.



And here is a video with a review of the camera from the manufacturer: