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Dahua Europe BV has recently received user feedback concerning recording devices that
were compromised after a network attack, resulting in users being unable to use their devices
in a normal fashion. Dahua Europe BV and the Dahua Cybersecurity Center (DHCC) responded
instantly to provide solutions to help our partners and end users restore the compromised
equipment to normal functionality, while at the same time increasing security levels.
Attackers remotely attacked devices which were older models, were running on older firmware
and/or did not have their standard usernames and passwords changed. After gaining
unauthorized access, the attackers changed channel names and image display settings, leading
to black camera screens on devices. DHCC has already provided the following solutions
to these issues:
To restore a compromised recording device, customers need to upgrade the device firmware
to the latest version, restore the device to the factory default and change the default password.
The latest firmware can be found here:
http://www.dahuasecurity.com/firmware_
111.html
Customers can also contact the local Dahua support team for assistance;
For recording devices functioning properly, customers need to make sure to change the default
password, preferably into a strong password to avoid devices being compromised.
To maintain optimal device security, customers also need to upgrade to the latest firmware
regularly. The latest firmware can be found here:
http://www.dahuasecurity.com/firmware_
111.html
We also suggest customers to look at our suggestions to create a more secure security
system:
http://www.dahuasecurity.com/best-practices.htm