Is Someone Watching You Online NOW? by freeman ng

Author:freeman ng [ng, freeman]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: iSystems Security Limited
Published: 2015-05-18T07:00:00+00:00

In 2013, courtesy of the documents leaked by Edward Snowden, we learned that the NSA had successful programs they used to gain backdoor access to the cameras on iPhones and Blackberries. In 2014, again courtesy of the Snowden leaks, we learned that the NSA has a host of tools at its disposal to remotely monitor users like “Gumfish”: a malware tool that allows for remote video monitoring via your webcam. In early 2015, a group known as BlackShades was broken up after it was discovered that the software they sold for $40 a pop had been used to give millions of purchasers remote access (including webcam access) to victims computers; that’s hardly a new trick though as old programs like Back Orifice were used in the same fashion back in the 1990s.

Ghostnet is alleged to involve remote access to webcams spying directly on various targets. GhostNet is capable of taking full control of infected computers, including searching and downloading specific files, and covertly operating attached devices, including microphones and web cameras. But it isn’t just governments who are co-opting webcams to do their surveillance work.

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