Affiliation:
1. Center of Excellence in Cybercrimes and Digital Forensics (CoECDF),Naif Arab University for Security Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Abstract
In smart city infrastructure, IP cameras play a pivotal role in crime prevention and detection. However, not much research has been conducted on IP cameras from a cybersecurity and forensics perspective. In this study, we investigate vulnerability assessment and forensic artifacts for Hanwha and Mobotix IP cameras, which are widely used in Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia is using IP cameras which are essential for its smart cities. In this paper, we examine IP cameras in two directions. The first is to assess the vulnerability of IP cameras through various attack scenarios such as denial of service (DoS), brute force, and unauthorized access, and we suggest countermeasures. The second shows how analysis for IP cameras can be used to investigate logs for cyberattacks. Through this study, we expect to contribute to research on cyber-attack and forensic perspectives on IP cameras to be used in smart cities.
Publisher
Naif Arab University for Security Sciences
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