Botnet Blunders: Outdated GeoVision Cameras Get Hacked, No Fix in Sight!
Discontinued GeoVision products are under attack due to a zero-day vulnerability. With no patches available for these out-of-date gadgets, it’s time to swap them out before they become hacker HQs. The Shadowserver Foundation advises retiring these relics before they make your security look like Swiss cheese.

Hot Take:
**_In the world of cybersecurity, it seems like the undead have risen again. GeoVision’s discontinued video surveillance products are getting zombified into botnets faster than you can say “CVE-2024-11120”. Who knew your old DVR could be the star of its own horror movie?_**
Key Points:
– Discontinued GeoVision video products are vulnerable to a zero-day flaw (CVE-2024-11120) with a terrifying CVSS score of 9.8.
– The vulnerability involves an OS command injection flaw that allows remote, unauthenticated command execution.
– The flaw has already been exploited in the wild, with 17,000 devices exposed online, half in the US.
– No security patches will be released as these products are End-of-Life (EoL).
– Users are advised to replace these devices immediately to avoid being part of a botnet horror show.