From Ukraine to Iran, Hacking Security Cameras Is Now Part of War’s ‘Playbook’

Executive summary: Check Point observed and blocked hundreds of attempts to exploit known Hikvision and Dahua camera vulnerabilities across Bahrain, Cyprus, Kuwait, Lebanon, Qatar, the UAE and Israel; activity, attributed to Iranian-linked groups (including Handala), was timed to missile and drone strikes and used hijacked consumer cameras for target reconnaissance and damage assessment.