If you manage AXIS cameras and want to enhance the "hot" detection capability, follow these configuration steps via the camera’s web interface.
If you cannot disable HTTP, change the page title. In System > Text Overlay or Advanced > HTML settings, change the <title> tag from "Live View" to something generic like "Internal Video Gateway."
Assuming you are a security researcher testing your own network or a client's authorized scope, here is how to use the dork effectively. intitle live view axis hot
Step 1: Open Google
Go to Google.com. Do not use Bing or DuckDuckGo; they handle the intitle operator differently.
Step 2: Enter the Exact Query
Type: intitle live view axis hot (without quotes, but all lower case seems to work best). If you manage AXIS cameras and want to
Step 3: Refine the Results
Upon pressing Enter, you might get hundreds of results. Look for URLs that contain IP addresses (e.g., http://192.168.x.x) or unusual domains. Note that many internal IPs (192.168.x.x) are not actually routable from the internet; they appear in Google because a public router leaked the internal network.
Step 4: Exclude Unwanted Results To clean up the search, add negative operators. Step 5: Assess the Feed If you click
Step 5: Assess the Feed
If you click a result and see a live video stream without a login prompt, the camera has "Anonymous Viewer" enabled. The URL often looks like: http://[IP]/axis-cgi/mjpg/video.cgi
To share your AXIS hot live view (e.g., for a security operations center):