Ex-NSA Hacker Creates Tool To Warn You Of Webcam Spies
This tool will alert you when a stealthy spyware starts watching or listening you while you use your Mac computer. Continue reading Ex-NSA Hacker Creates Tool To Warn You Of Webcam Spies
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Attack allows Mac malware to piggyback on your webcam, while it’s in use
A new attack allows OS X malware to record video and audio whenever a victim legitimately turns on their webcam, without drawing attention to itself.
David Bisson reports.
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Distributed Censorship or Extortion? The IoT vs Brian Krebs
Now it’s official. The particular website that was hit by a record-breaking distributed denial of service (DDOS) attack that we covered a few days ago was that of white-hat security journalist [Brian Krebs]: Krebs on Security.
During the DDOS attack, his site got 600 Gigabits per second of traffic. It didn’t involve amplification or reflection attacks, but rather a distributed network of zombie domestic appliances: routers, IP webcams, and digital video recorders (DVRs). All they did was create HTTP requests for his site, but there were well in excess of 100,000 of these bots.
In the end, [Krebs’] ISP, Akamai, …read more
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Covering your webcam, a good idea.
Covering the webcam on your computer is a good idea. Don’t take my word for it, just see what FBI Director James Comey has to say about it: There’s some sensible things you should be doing, and that’s one of them,” Comey said regarding webcam covers. “You go into any government office and we all have the …
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Cover your webcam – protect your privacy from hackers
Don’t let hackers spy upon you by hijacking your webcam. Cover your webcam when you’re not using it.
In this video, Graham Cluley describes the threat.
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FBI Director James Comey wants you to cover your webcam
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Pan and Tilt with Dual Controllers
It wasn’t long ago that faced with a controller project, you might shop for something with just the right features and try to minimize the cost. These days, if you are just doing a one-off, it might be just as easy to throw commodity hardware at it. After all, a Raspberry Pi costs less than a nice meal and it is more powerful than a full PC would have been not long ago.
When [Joe Coburn] wanted to make a pan and tilt webcam he didn’t try to find a minimal configuration. He just threw a Raspberry Pi in for …read more
Roomba Now Able to Hunt Arnold Schwarzenegger
Ever since the Roomba was invented, humanity has been one step closer to a Jetsons-style future with robots performing all of our tedious tasks for us. The platform is so ubiquitous and popular with the hardware hacking community that almost anything that could be put on a Roomba has been done already, with one major exception: a Roomba with heat vision. Thanks to [marcelvarallo], though, there’s now a Roomba with almost all of the capabilities of the Predator.
The Roomba isn’t just sporting an infrared camera, though. This Roomba comes fully equipped with a Raspberry Pi for wireless connectivity, audio …read more
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Has Microsoft “broken” millions of webcams? (And how to fix yours.)
Windows 10 Anniversary Edition changed the programming rules for webcam apps – if your webcam isn’t working any more, what can you do? Continue reading Has Microsoft “broken” millions of webcams? (And how to fix yours.)
Does your WebCam Crash after Windows 10 Anniversary Update? Here’s How to Fix It
If your webcam has stopped working after installing recently-released Microsoft’s big Anniversary Update for Windows 10, you are not alone.
With some significant changes to improve Windows experience, Windows 10 Anniversary Update includes the support… Continue reading Does your WebCam Crash after Windows 10 Anniversary Update? Here’s How to Fix It