Eric
Posts : 9738 Join date : 2012-07-30 Age : 73 Location : Pensacola
| Subject: Is Someone Watching You - Right Now? Tue Mar 12, 2013 12:58 pm | |
| Your webcam light come on, or blink while you are not using it? http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/03/rat-breeders-meet-the-men-who-spy-on-women-through-their-webcams/ This is a long, informative article... a very small portion is below. - Quote :
- ...commonly done by seeding file-sharing networks with infected files and naming them after popular songs or movies, or through even more creative methods. "I seem to get a lot of female slaves by spreading Sims 3 with a [RAT] server on torrent sites," wrote one poster. Another turned to social media, where "I've been able to message random hot girls on facebook (0 mutual friends) and infect (usually become friends with them too); with the right words anything is possible."
| |
|
Ghost Rider Admin
Posts : 338 Join date : 2012-11-18
| Subject: Re: Is Someone Watching You - Right Now? Tue Mar 12, 2013 1:10 pm | |
| - Eric wrote:
- Your webcam light come on, or blink while you are not using it?
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/03/rat-breeders-meet-the-men-who-spy-on-women-through-their-webcams/
This is a long, informative article... a very small portion is below.
- Quote :
- ...commonly done by seeding file-sharing networks with infected files and naming them after popular songs or movies, or through even more creative methods. "I seem to get a lot of female slaves by spreading Sims 3 with a [RAT] server on torrent sites," wrote one poster. Another turned to social media, where "I've been able to message random hot girls on facebook (0 mutual friends) and infect (usually become friends with them too); with the right words anything is possible."
That is one of the reasons that I keep my webcam disabled unless I need to use it for some reason. | |
|
Eric
Posts : 9738 Join date : 2012-07-30 Age : 73 Location : Pensacola
| Subject: Re: Is Someone Watching You - Right Now? Tue Mar 12, 2013 1:11 pm | |
| More on the Remote Administration Tools (RATs)... - Quote :
- Adam Kujawa, a researcher at security firm MalwareBytes, compiled a list last summer of everything that popular RAT DarkComet could do. It included:
Find out all system information, including hardware being used and the exact version of your operating system, including security patches Control all the processes currently running on your system View and modify your registry Modify your Hosts file Control your computer from a remote shell Modify your startup processes and services, including adding a few of its own Execute various types of scripts on your system Modify/View/Steal your files Put files of its own on your system Steal your stored password Listen to your microphone Log your keystrokes (duh) Scan your network View your network shares Mess with your MSN Messenger / Steal your contacts / Add new contacts! Steal from your clipboard (things you’ve copied) Control your printer Lock/Restart/Shutdown your computer Update the implant with a new address to beacon to or new functionality Watch your webcam Use your computer in a denial of service (DOS) attack
And that's not all. DarkComet includes a "Fun Manager" that can perform all sorts of tricks on the target system, including:
Hiding the Desktop—Hiding all the icons and making it impossible to right click on the desktop. Hide the Clock—Self Explanatory Hide Task Icons—In the little box on the right side of your start bar Hide Sys Tray Icons—Hide icons and open application buttons on the taskbar Hide Taskbar—Self Explanatory Hide the Start Button—Only works in Win XP Disable the Start Button (XP Only)—Gray out the start button, disabling it. Disable TaskMgr—Disables the Windows Task Manager (When you hit Ctrl+Alt+Del) Open/Close CD Tray—Self Explanatory
| |
|
riceme
Posts : 3098 Join date : 2012-12-02 Age : 52 Location : Fox, Alaska
| Subject: Re: Is Someone Watching You - Right Now? Tue Mar 12, 2013 1:29 pm | |
| I keep mine disabled too, GR. Creeps me out. | |
|
Sponsored content
| Subject: Re: Is Someone Watching You - Right Now? | |
| |
|