Can Wireshark Spot Hidden Cameras For Free?
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- Hak5 -- Cyber Security Education, Inspiration, News & Community since 2005:
Hidden cameras have been found in Airbnbs, hotels, and even homes for years. In this video, we’ll test whether Wireshark or a "spy device detector" off Amazon is the fastest and most reliable way to find these spy cameras.
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A lot of security cameras in the field nowadays are PoE on an air-gapped network or a separate VLAN - possibly with MAC filtering, as well. ...But the video has a point that the poorly installed cameras (on the same wifi / unencrypted / analog) will be detectable as described.
So how do you detect the ones you described?
For the most part air b&b hosts wont be so professional in their design. Wifi scanning could find a lot of armature attempts to spy on you in semi public spaces.
That'd be dumb for a host to put cameras on the same wifi they provide lol
Came here to say this. This is only applicable if it’s a flat network where everything is on the same LAN or at on the same one you are on.
I believe the video is talking about sniffing radio packets. It the camera isn't and wireless one there isn't much to do there. But if it is, it doesn't really matter which wifi network it's using.
For more than a decade I’ve used wireshark to locate ip cameras. The first rental I had suspicions about found three.
@@BDBD16 very strange owners.
Is this the method you used? Or if you don't mind explaining a bit how you do it. As the video was a bit vague
VNC app installs on pc and connects thru internet to spy on you through encoders. . .
hotels, bnb, others
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@@trollingdirty8910 Like if they saw that you found out about their cameras, what happened then? They freaked out? Lol. Where did they hide the cameras? Also, does this mean they had another router in the apartment, for the cameras to connect on?
@@nicolaskeroack7860 They claimed they had theft and placed them for that reason, this was back in 2009. One was hidden in an ornate / chachki type bird house on top of the kitchen cabinets amongst fake plants. Before you rent a home in Indian Creek in Kissimmee FL ping me if you want to ensure it's not the same creepers.
Now I need a Master Class in WireShark.
Udemy has one still free I believe
Check out old Hak5 vids, there's a few in there!
I have wireshark course video if u need ping me
They have certificates in wireshark as well. If you work in IT you can up your resume as well.
Would be nice to include the settings you used to do this. for people getting into this stuff, this is practically unusable except to know that it's possible. Since the video is already done, maybe a link in the description?
yeah the video was pretty much useless. The whole video could be a sentence that says "You can use wire shark to find hidden cameras" and it would offer nothing less.
@@terabyterex7911 if you want to know how to do it, go learn linux and hacking like the rest of us did. Lazy af
@Thomas Jefferson
I fully agree with ya mate.
They need to go learn how to use tools like Wireshark, and the in's & outs of WiFi before complaining that someone else didn't show them a step by step guide on something that they wouldn't have understood anyway.
When i see comments like that, the old saying, "You have to learn to walk before you can run" comes straight to mind.
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@@brendan9996 Even if one understands the protocol, it's nice to see the user interface and where things are located within it ...
The look you give at (5:19mins), is priceless!
You can also turn the lights off and look for infrared lights that many cameras have with your phone.
He said that. Test your phone, first. Many have IR filters.
They can be detected with a transistor radio tuned to 1000 AM. Most radio transmitters use 1000 KHz oscillator circuits. You may not be able to intercept signals, but you can tell if they are active.
You got me to thinking: when is the last time I saw an AM radio in a retail store (excluding car radios)?
I think Reagan was in office the last time I saw one! :-)
@@jimBobuu you can still find one at your local dollar store or pawn shop
Can a Ham radio do the same thing?
@@KNIGHTJUMPS if it will receive 1000 AM
@@shaunemicheal7362 Thanks for the reply and the help.
I appreciate your high value clear and concise educational content.
when using IR finders, turn the lights off so IR is activated if it has a day/night sensor. No IR in daylight on those type cameras. I have an older cheap Point and shoot digital camera converted to IR that I use for that and for verifying remotes work. It was $50 many years ago.
Wow, finding a hidden camera via Wireshark is definitely a brilliant idea, the only issue here is in the hotel you are connected to a shared internet with others, would be almost soo impossible to find the suspicious one, but still I never thought that would be possible ,
@Badr Aldeen Shek Salim
Do a network scan and check out the connected mac addresses.
Then lookup the mac addresses online to find out information, like manufacturer and what type of device it might be.
I'm pretty sure it was mentioned in the video.🤔
''Shut The the f$*k dad I'm playing Minecraft craft" is the best quote of the video
the fact that even the cheap cameras are starting to use anti glare and non reflective lenses pretty much renders any attempt to find reflections useless
That may work for reducing visible glare but I doubt the coating does much for IR :)
Damn bro, this makes me nostalgic of the old days of yt, very nice 👍
This is surprisingly one of the most important videos on the internet
i would love to see more videos on awesome wireshark filter techniques for things.
The intro was lit🔥
Mannnnnn this is awesome content!!!
Wireshark is a very resourceful tool! The vlog was very informative!
About as informative as saying - You TOO can be a millionaire.
Thanks! Very helpfully!
GOLD CONTENT thank you
using a SDR can show the most radio trasmitting devices, not only wifi
So many things you can use them for and they're so cheap every geek should have at least one. I use 1 for flight tracking and 3 for SDRTrunk. 2 will usually suffice but I got tired of missing things I wanted to hear because an SDR would get tied up by a muted agency like routine traffic at the nearby prisons
What is an SDR? And where to get hold of one??
@@fluffyhamster550 , HackRF is one, RTL-SDR Dongle is another.
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@@reallifelima7951 my neighbors use this to spy on me. Any suggestions on how to block it?
I love that you use thinkpads- I also have a bunch of T430s’s (and a few T460’s, omg…) they are solid, cheap and powerful enough to handle LOTS of technical wizardry. A great platform for a budding youtube channel.
Very interesting video. Thanks.
But the wireshark approach only works if your laptop AND all cameras are connected to the same router, no?
nope you dont have to be connected to the same network if your card supports monitor mode
@@SimonBauer7 same network or same router? I thought if you're not connected to the same router you can only see encrypted packages, no?
No monitor mode just showing all wlan networks and the clients. I think you are wrong. Promise mode or something like that on cable networks is for sniffing in a Lan network that you can listen on other computers using the network. And if you have the wlan password or if it open you can sniff with monitor mode too. Like I write it maybe it is easyer use airmon-ng with monitor mode and look how many devices around you and you can watch if the Mac Adress say it can be a camera. And maybe in the Wireshark solution the camera use ssl/tls or something like this. So you can't read it.
@@2teKnoA Wireshark lets you sniff the link layer dataframes, not just TCP or whatever. And while the payload may be encrypted, the metadata in the headers will always be in plain text (otherwise, there would be no way of differentiating frames from different networks/radios). Thus, you can still monitor the signal strength of a signal without being part of the same network as it. :)
Next up: Get a room upgrade by hiding a cheap wireless camera in your hotel room.
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Hotel hacking lol
Then when the hotel reports it to the police be prepared to testify...
Great video 😄
If I found one the first thing I would do is call the police right after blocking the lens. This way if appropriate the proper forensics could be done, without breaking the chain of custody.
Narc.
@@Brett_S_420 Damn right.
If you are traveling for work, depending on which industry you are in, such spying could be a felony....
Lmfao you actually think they would pay a forensics team for that?
You watch too much TV bro
@@thomasjefferson4195 yeah, most cops don't give a crap about investigating most crimes - nor do they have the money, manpower, or skills to do so.
Thank you!
Low hoodie count and a nice vid - thanks :-)
My property has lots of cameras, mostly because i get lots of wildlife and also because i love playing with vision analytics and ai built into some. Also have some Arecont Vision pano cameras and a Sony PTZ on the roof. Only a small number are actually wireless (Sercomm iCamera-1000) which are great little devices but if I was serious about hiding cameras, they'd probably be those $15 PoE powered ones from China that use industry-standard ONVIF. None of this silly cloud nonsense. Pro-Tip: Easy to get 24/48-port gigabit PoE managed switches next to free. Aruba 650 is a great small switch with 4 PoE powered ports but PoE required a paid license. After HP bought the company, they released firmware that enables PoE. Great for powering cameras.
I love the intro 😄
thanks for this. But the actual wireshark set up lasted a few seconds. I would say it's more beneficial to show more analytically the actual set up
Very good video👍
Just for the Q&A Stream from Kody and Alex: Is it possible to start a Denial of Service attack against WiFi Router with Association requests?
You send a request to the router to get a Association Identifier (AID). If you do this multiple times with multiple spoofed MAC addresses, will the WiFi router get a DoS?
Many greetings from germany btw.
awesome video, wireshark is godly
A buddy of mine thought he was being spied on and was able to use his PVS-14 to at least eliminate the possibility of an IR camera, and used the IR illuminator on the device to look for lenses.
That's great 'n' all but that's a very expensive way to accomplish the mission 🤣
@@3nertia I mean if you already own one for shooting it's actually free if you're doing the new task of hunting ir cameras.
Love thuse. Being a road warrior ive been in some questionabke hotels. Thanks!
I have a plugin someone made for 'wireshark' that scans for known network camera systems and can show any unshielded feeds if logged in the same network.
Interesting. I was anticipating using Wireshark to filter for RTSP packets, although that wouldn't tell you the WHERE, just the IT EXISTS.
You would need to be connected in a privileged position for that, like capturing packets directly on the router
@@speakertomeat i dont know if it matters here,but some wifi modems can listen passively. I was able to listen to packets without being connected to a network with wireshark in linux
Cool i always had this thought experiment if that would be possible, cool you did it.
I think, the long bendy antenna is for finding the magnets of gps trackers..
It's recommended when using those to turn off every know radio freq device in the area, and preferably turn off the lights.. Wireshark method might be more efficient for certain situations lol.
Good video by the way.
I'm wondering if software defined radio might be better, I doubt it set off by quite as many false positives. But you can get a whole bunch of different ranges of bandwidths. If for instance someone had a 800 MHz 900 MHz 50 MHz or dect 6.0 camera it may be the one real choice.
So whats this about the infrared on the phone? Great episode.
Wouldn't it be better to use a usb directional antenna? I could use kismet to do the same and log everything to a database with a gps receiver.
Shhhh
Love the content...but please, do something about bringing your audio levels up! I have to really crank my amplifier to hear people speaking in this video! Thanx.
I can no say that I had any issue to understand the voice on the video. I was watching it on my mobile phone with speakers.
@@MapedMod Probalby. the Harman/Karden AVR 1600 and the Cerwin-Vega speakers are really not very good I guess. Should have gotten a McIntosh amp and a set of JBL L-100 speakers...
@@MapedMod That's right, keep insulting me. Show how desperate you are because you can't make a logical arguement.
OK, here is the thing. There is a 6-9 db drop in levels between this video, and for example, the latest TheatWire video. I know what I am speaking about, as I used to work as a recording engineer in a studio in Montreal. I've tested this on my main system, on the two laptops I have, and with headphones on all of them. And the levels on the ThreatWire video are not that great, either, compared to a number of other channels, like Rick Beato on his channel, or Glenn Fricker at Spectre Sound Studios. Go ahead and compare them, I'll wait.
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That's true, especially dirty electricity could do that, it seems.
When I was little kid, there was a 20/20 episode about a woman whose neighbor installed a video-camera in her master bathroom linked to a VCR he installed in her attic. She had some sort of electrical problem or something that needed done, but it was her lucky day because her nieghbor was happy to help her and do all the work for FREE. So she invited him in and allowed him to work. Eventually she found what he had done up there and called the police who dutifully arrested this terrible neighbor for his criminal deeds. Clearly a crime was committed, but it was up to prosecutors to find the appropiate legal means to prosecute the man because the state in which this occurred filming naked woman in her shower was not a crime, regardless of consent. And the woman had invited the man in so he wasn't breaking & entering (at least not at 1st glance).
The Prosecutors charged him with Theft for the electricity he was stealing from her to power the VCR. Then charged him with Burglary of her household because once they had the crime of theft occur in her attic, they worked back to Burglary arguing that her consent was the result of his fraudulent representation to conceal his true intent of entering her household in order to commit a crime (theft of her electricity).
Yes, it would not apply to this video's creepy-surveillance scenario, but inevitably there will occur future creepy-surveillance scenarios where the same or similar logical process might prove usefully applicable in prosecution.
What if the camera is on a different vlan from the one you are on?
Good idea. Does someone have a list on github or something w/ a list of all the wireless camera mfg. mac IDs?
That was awesome. Is it possible to run Wireshark from an Android device? Maybe using termux or anlinux?
Does Wireshark use TCP dump under the hood? I wonder how hard it would be to create an app specifically for filtering and locating radio devices.
Also, do your methods presume the security camera is on the same Wi-Fi network?
wireshark and tcpdunp using libpcap.
You can used it on Android, but for traffic from other/ not connected wifis you need to set the device in monitoring mode. This mode must be supported from the wifi firmware, but the most android wifi driver dont support this mode.
Yes, but only some adapters(chipsets) and you will need to root it
I believe wireshark and cam should be connected on same SSID to achieve this. What if cam connected on different SSID other than user connected?
I have to inform you though in Australia authorities ignore privacy complaints. There is no privacy in Australia we are leaning towards more Hong Kong ideas.
Just feed the camera straight AC, then it just looks like it shorted out....
LMAOOO the beginning was hilarious.
I love this new guy. He is also very funny. I need this type of funny video also. Please Nullbyte.
Great content love u guys quick question what laptop do u personally use thanks
Probably a Thinkpad, as that seems to be the most consistent and cheap but greatly supported.
@@Frankie_Freedom thanks was just curious
@@lastofadyingbreed8938 no problem
Dosent stop sd recording devices.
True, but if the camera is found, the evidence is found with it. If someone was going to do this, they'd might as well hard-wire the video along with the power. There are some very good and cheap POE cameras coming into the market. Send the video over cable to a hub which would then wirelessly transmit to a hidden streaming device/recorder/computer/whatever.
Can you guys write a full article on this?
First! Love your content.
This video is worth it for the skit alone! Nice content as always
What if they have a separate network for the cameras?
Great work but would be more helpful if you included a less biased review of the k18. Been curious what knowledgeable people think of those types of devices but everyone intelligent with experience makes videos that exaggerate the shortcomings of the devices they don’t sell/promote. If you could give us an expert opinion on exactly why the device is not a good value we’d appreciate it (we meaning laymen). Thanks again for the well produced video though.
So what you have to know the brand of camera in order to use Wireshark properly
Complimentary Metal Oxide Semiconductor, CMOS, are one inch by one inch circuit boards with a lens on them and wires intended to connect to 12 volts and any circuitry to descramble the output to make a reasonable picture. Some lens are conical with an eighth of an inch aperture that will interface with an eighth of an inch hole in a shade, wall, metal or anything that allows drilling a hole 1/8" in diameter. ALL CMOS cameras run very hot and can burn your fingers. They need ventilation. But they have a very long life and are very reliable. Any laser thermometer can detect the heat of a CMOS camera. Or infra red detector.
My guess is that you use light in the dark, so that you can easier see the reflection
I like the theater in this video. very funny and informative at the same time.
I’m confused, he had to enter the MAC address of the hidden camera before he could try to find its signal? What’s the point then?
A friend of mine thinks his house has been bugged by a scam artist. As this guy is too knowledgeable on certain subjects spoken about in private. If I scan using wireshark (im a noob) which signal indicators am I looking for please?
Do I have to use wire shark with a laptop or can I use it with my phone?
Any other common IoT interfaces support? zigbee? bluetooth? z-wave?
Any chance you can show how to write the filter? Something Darren would have shown.
The toilet cam! Literally lol.
Ish was bussin', huh?
Could you provide a list or url to the Mac addresses for these commonly found cameras in the description? Thanks!
In wireshark by default it converts the first part of the mac address to the device manufacturer. Just look up the name is of the manufacturer as and when you see it
@@aka5 yeah but Mac addresses only tell half the story. For example what if the camera is made by Ubquiti. They also make routers and switches, same with many other manufacturers
Wireshark isn't what you would call a packet capture software I mean it does splay out the ins and outs but it causes a lot of noise you have to sort through. I have my own purpose build capture that will even work on dos or unix shells and it auto sorts the kinds of coms via packet type.
Bro Can I talk to you about your build
Wifiman app by Ubiquiti can do all that as well with an easier interface.
Is a lenovo t480 good for crafking passowrds and using wireshark?
I couldn't find anything with that camera detector. Even looking directly at the camera i couldn't find it. :)
Does the computer need to be the same wifi Network as the cameras?
if you're staying in a place like a hotel, where a guest wifi is typical, wouldn't the guest wifi not be the same network as likely the cameras, and therefore not show up on wireshark??
I just set up a timed emf generator then leave the area and come back later. Make sure to bring the tv cable box with you.😎
Wow!
so, if someone put a spy camera on my house, they should have an access to my wifi first?.... or if not how can we detect? does this method works to detect?
you know how to have fun.
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What OS do you run on your t430 and also do you run a custom ROM on the pixel phone ?
I think their may apps, or maybe the stock camera. Running some flavor of Linux with something debian based probably the easiest
It was not clear to me if this only works if you already have access to the wireless/vlan network you are looking for devices on. Or are you detecting the wireless signals of any nearby device just based off the fact they are emitting signal?
Somebody replying to other comments pointed out that the Link layer (which included the signal stength and MAC address) remains unencrypted.
It is one reason that when I purchased a dashcam, I specifically looked for one WITHOUT WiFi support. Since the location of Wireless Access Points are logged for mapping purposes, such a dashcam can become a tracking device.
@@jamesphillips2285 Thanks and good point about the dashcam.
But with Wireshark you need to be in the same network. Right? You can change the mode of the spy device to search magnetic filds too. And maybe it is easyer to use airmon-ng and list all clients in a network to see if maybe there WLAN cameras in the network. Or around you. If you are lucky maybe you can see on the Mac Adress that a camera is in your or a network you don't have access too. Maybe you know some hackers who can explain this to you. Have a nice weekend!
And as k18 beeped maybe you have find the magnet of the carport door. 🤣🤫🤣
What about if the camera is on a different subnet?
Damn very important
Flashlight from phone to look for a reflection
I found a camera in my house. I installed it though. To defeat that red glow put fine mesh black pantyhose over the lens. Red reflection gone and camera won't even see the pantyhose. You are welcome.
7:07 “To find the hidden camera we can scan nearby wireless traffic for devices with MAC addresses belonging to camera manufacturers, like the Sony camera here“ This is kind of a critical part of this video but no other information is given on how to get a list of MAC addresses belonging to camera manufacturers. Can you put a link to such a list please?
The date on the camera at 0:50 says 21/69/420 😂
How about devices connect to cellular or devices not on the same wifi network with hidden ssid or sd card recording?
@@BDBD16 My point is that this video is great but there are so many ways people can avoid detection.
Pretty sure theres tool that detect hidden camera like that? I forgot the name gimme time
Good observation! Cellular Trail Cams are affordable, and monthly fees are in the $10-$15 range.
But what to look for in Wireshark to show that?
Not nearly as well as a oculus quest 2 on setup/pass through mode. (Go ahead put your AirPods on top of your phone screen and give it a little look) whoa right ?
Detector would work a lot better if you killed the main breaker first, with the exception of AirBNBs you're unlikely to encounter anything hardwired
instead of over complicating things with wireshark, can t you just use a simple wi fi scanner to see if there are unknown connected devices on that network?
That kinda only works if you're connected to a network. I think this is based off frequency strength. Except I'm not sure. Didn't really show much of the setup, which is my only gripe about the video
There are so many devices now hooked up to the router in the apartment I live in. I know which are the 2 new outdoor cameras, but there may be 2+ new devices that are for automatic watering - or something else - and I cannot figure out which are for the new roommates (only one is probably smart enough to have anything like a server).
My landlord added 2 new smoke detectors and I suspect those could have cameras, but I also suspect she has a second router that has the frontdoor lock on, because when I moved in (no one else living in house yet), that device wasn't listed on the router we all have access to - and I am almost positive that it is on WiFi and not bluetooth
“It’s a router idiot” 😂
Can we see what camera you were using and how it was placed.
If you grease me up right first.
So, how do I set this up in wireshark?? Turn on some filters and wave my hands?