nonymous
join:2003-09-08
Glendale, AZ
| reply to dfritz
Re: [DSL] was i hacked?
If you are it is not what you see but what you do not that will get you. If you have used that computer to log into say a secure bank account I would change those passwords from a good clean computer first before doing anything else. Better safe than sorry.
Then yes if a detective connection was not part of say the webcams software you may have been hacked.
If you are using wireless are you using a secure wireless like wpa? If you are accessing the cameras from the internet is that connection secure?
So are these extra connections wireless connections or say internet connections? |
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dfritz
@ameritech.net
| it is a 2wire dsl modem/router, the connections i cant tell if they are wireless or not, under the 2wire setup it shows them as active connections, but doesnt specify how they are connecting, and i have 3 computers connected myseld, and tried narrowing it down by eliminating all but 1 including unplugging the cameras and just having the 1 computer connected and they were still there. as far as the cameras being secure i'm not real sure, but the aren't webcam's they are security cameras to keep an eye on the store when we're not here, which requires a username/password to access them, so i assume its secure, and the security on the wireless is wep as it comes stock from SBC. |
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dspalding
join:2003-10-29
Durham, NC
 ·Dreamhost
| Well, WEP is crackable, as is well documented. Suggest you spend a little time reading this forum's FAQ(s).
Cameras that are networked certainly would have a computername ... maybe, guessing "Detective?" Bear in mind that objects with the same name but access a router with a different network MAC address (say a computer called "bubba" with both Ethernet and Wifi") would get "two connections," that is, two unique DHCP addresses, one each for each network connection. Happens to me on my Linksys WRT54g.
Sounds like you're not being hacked, just don't fully understand how the router is connecting your pcs and cameras. Said Batman, "To the FAQs, Robin!" |
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SpearEm
join:2001-02-12
Saint Louis, MO
 ·AT&T Yahoo
| reply to dfritz
Last year I experienced the exact same thing (mysterious "detective" connection showed up). I do not have any camera's on my network, but I was using the 2wire 1000HW with WEP enabled. As mentioned WEP is crackable. I changed all my passwords, etc and picked-up a modem/AP that supports WPA. I haven't seen any more "detective" connections. |
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