IP cameras manufactured by Chinese vendor Fosscam are riddled Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability with security flaws that allow an attacker to take over the device and penetrate your network . The issues came to light yesterday when Finnish cyber-security firm F-Secure published Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability its findings after Fosscam failed to answer bug reports Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability and patch Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability its firmware . Below is a list of 18 vulnerabilities researchers discovered Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability in Fosscam IP cameras : The variety of issues F-Secure researchers discovered Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability means there are multiple ways an attacker can hack one of these devices and use it for various operations . `` For example , an attacker can view the video feed , control the camera operation , and upload and download files from the built-in FTP server , '' F-Secure says. `` They can stop or freeze the video feed , and use the compromised device for further actions such as DDoS or other malicious activity . '' `` If the device is in a corporate local area network , and the attacker gains access to the network , they can compromise the device and infect it with a persistent remote access malware . The malware would then allow the attacker unfettered access to the corporate network and the associated resources , '' researchers added . F-Secure researchers say Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability all these vulnerabilities have been confirmed Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability in Fosscam C2 models , but also in Opticam i5 , an IP camera sold by another vendor , but based on a white-label Fosscam device . In fact , researchers suspect that Fosscam has sold the vulnerable IP camera model as a white-label product , which other companies bought , plastered their logo on top , and resold as their own devices . F-Secure says it identified 14 other vendors that sell Fosscam made cameras , but they have not tested their products as of yet . F-Secure recommends that network administrators remove any Fosscam made IP camera from their network until the Chinese company patches Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability its firmware .