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Webcam/microphone monitoring

From: NSweaney at tulsacash.com (Nathan Sweaney)
Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2008 14:14:39 -0600

While purchasing some new laptops a discussion came up about the trend
towards built-in webcams and associated security concerns.  If I
remember correctly, back in the day Back Orifice could discretely
monitor the host's webcam and microphone.  Are there any more recent
applications that do anything similar?  Has anyone seen recent research
in this area?  

If possible I'd like to be able to show the potential danger & recommend
that we disable any built-in webcams that aren't necessary, but I'm also
interested in the ability for use during pen-tests.

Current thread:

MSDN Chris Gerling (Dec 18)
- MSDN Jack Daniel (Dec 18)
- MSDN Raffi Jamgotchian (Dec 18)
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    - MSDN Raffi Jamgotchian (Dec 18)
    - MSDN Chris Gerling (Dec 18)
    - MSDN Howard Siegel (Dec 18)
- MSDN Jason Caval (Dec 19)
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    - Webcam/microphone monitoring Robin Wood (Dec 20)
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- MSDN Russell Butturini (Dec 19)