Wednesday, July 21, 2010

German men 'voyeur' 150 Women via Webcam

German police have reportedly arrested a man suspected of committing acts of spies using a webcam to 150 women. Men took advantage of security vulnerabilities in ICQ instant messaging application that also can do video chat.

According to police spokesman Aaachen, Germany, a man who is not yet known identititasnya uses trojans that can infect a woman in ICQ account. Through the accounts of the sacrifice, he then found approximately 150 casualties.

The investigation began when Thomas Floss, a member of the Association of German data perlindunfan adviser was giving public lectures on campuses and schools about the importance of safety in the surf in cyberspace.

"I became suspicious when, from February, the more she expressed the suspicion that they had been the victim of surveillance but they did not know it," said Floss.

Seeing these suspicions, Floss and then examine a PC and found that the PC has been infected with a Trojan. Then Floss track controller malware malware and found that the controller is a guy who has been arrested by the police.

"I have visited the school 50-60, and whenever at least one school told me that they have any problems with webcams are not deadly," he said.

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