Don't Cheap Out On These High Security Risk Smart Doorbells For Black Friday

You would think (and would want) the thing securing your home to be secure over the network, but that just is not the case with several brands. While brands such as Ring may pass the test, those brands also command higher prices versus these low-cost finds on eBay and Amazon. As they say though, you get what you pay for, and these are just a few of the doorbells that were found to be vulnerable to a variety of attacks:

• Victure Smart Video Doorbell Camera
• Qihoo 360 D819 Smart Video Doorbell
• Ctronics CT-WDB02 Wireless Video Doorbell
• Unbranded V5 Wifi Ring Doorbell

As it turns out, many people turned to these brands as Ring or Nest were either too expensive or perceived as not worth the investment, as several of these have 5-star reviews or were found at the top of best-selling lists on Amazon. Many of them -- like the Victure device below -- were either “phoning home” to China with unencrypted data (sending info like your Wi-Fi name and password), or were vulnerable to local exploits, allowing attackers to freely burgle your home if they wanted. With another devices, according to the researchers the Qihoo product was easy to remove from its physical base with a simple SIM ejection tool, and its cloud recordings were uploaded to an unencrypted server.