---
title: "There Are at Least Eight Ways to Hack a Nest Camera"
description: "Security researchers found eight different vulnerabilities in Nest Camera cybersecurity. Google promised a fix, but other cameras have the same problems."
date: "2019-08-22"
modified: "2019-08-22"
authors:
  - name: "Dan Robitzski"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/danrobitzski"
url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/eight-ways-hack-nest-camera"
categories:
  - "Robots and Machines"
tags:
  - "cybersecurity"
  - "Google"
  - "iot"
  - "nest"
  - "the digest"
---

# There Are at Least Eight Ways to Hack a Nest Camera

![Security researchers found eight different vulnerabilities in Nest Camera cybersecurity. Google promised a fix, but other cameras have the same problems.](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/eight-ways-hack-nest-camera.jpg>)
*\<em\>Image: Amazon/Victor Tangermann\</em\>*

## Peering In

Researchers from the security firm Cisco Talos identified eight separate vulnerabilities in the Nest Cam IQ, Google's high-end home security camera system.

By exploiting these flaws, the researchers were able to take over cameras, access video recordings, or even disable the Nest camera altogether, [according to *Motherboard*](<https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/d3avxa/security-researchers-find-bugs-in-nest-cam-iq>). Google has promised a firmware update, but the surprising number of weaknesses in its cybersecurity is troubling news for customers who installed the vulnerable cameras inside and around their homes.

## Widespread Problem

Google said that it's already started to roll out updates to any Nest camera connected to the internet, *Motherboard* reports. But the cybersecurity weaknesses that the Cisco Talos researchers found weren't always unique to Nest, meaning [other cameras on the market](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/researchers-security-hole-amazon-ring-smart-doorbell>) will remain compromised.

"The problem is systemic across multiple camera brands," Aite Group security researcher Alissa Knight told *Motherboard*.

Knight wasn't involved in the probe into Nest security, but she's found similar problems in other internet-connected security cameras.

"These vulnerabilities seem to be endemic," she added.

**READ MORE:** [Security Researchers Find Several Bugs in Nest Security Cameras](<https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/d3avxa/security-researchers-find-bugs-in-nest-cam-iq>) \[*Motherboard*\]

**More on cybersecurity:** *[Hackers Can Spy on and Hijack Amazon Doorbell's Video Feed](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/researchers-security-hole-amazon-ring-smart-doorbell>)*

## Author
Dan Robitzki is a senior reporter for Futurism, where he likes to cover AI, tech ethics, and medicine. He spends his extra time fencing and streaming games from Los Angeles, California.

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