Webcam/microphone monitoring

[cmerkel at gmail.com (Chris Merkel)]

So the idea here is to disable the microphone port but not the usb that
provided the original avenue for infection? (Or are people still advocating
gluing them shut as well?)

- Chris

On Sat, Dec 20, 2008 at 7:24 AM, Robin Wood <dninja at gmail.com> wrote:

> > 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.
>
> At a conference I went to earlier in the year a stand was giving out
> blank 3.5m jack plugs that you plugged in to the mic socket on the
> laptop, most machines apparently disable the internal mic when they
> think an external one is plugged in.
>
> Doesn't help show the danger but is a very cheap fix if you decide there is
> one.
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