From Courtroom to Cyber Threat: The JAVS Viewer 8 Incident

From Courtroom to Cyber Threat: The JAVS Viewer 8 Incident

Hackers have broken into a popular brand of recording software used in courtrooms, jails, and prisons, allowing them to obtain complete control of the system via a backdoor implanted in an update to the application.

Software and its purpose

Justice AV Solutions (JAVS) uses its technologies to capture events such as lectures, court proceedings, and council meetings, and they have over 10,000 installations worldwide. It is available for download from the vendor’s website and is a Windows installer package. 

The discovery 

However, the company announced this week that it had uncovered a security flaw in an earlier version of its JAVS Viewer program.

Through continuing monitoring and consultation with cyber authorities, the company discovered attempts to replace its Viewer 8.3.7 software with a tainted file.

The company removed all versions of Viewer 8.3.7 from the JAVS website, changed all passwords, and thoroughly assessed all JAVS systems. It also determined that all currently available files on

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