Both companies fixed the issues in July.

It's only the latest example of security technology introducing new gateways of attack into a user's home.

More bad news for private and public sector organizations nervous about the rise of connected devices.

There are secure versions of data-transfer protocols used by the cameras, but they are rarely implemented.

The security issues speak to the risk associated with default settings on popular applications that a user might overlook.

Patches are available for both vulnerabilities, and hackers would need physical access in both cases to carry out an attack.