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Webcam extortion the other way around: hot girls extorting men.
Be careful out there, and keep your trousers on chaps.
How Justin Bieber's name is used by internet perverts
In response to an increased number of sexual blackmailers harassing and terrorising young girls online, the FBI has published tips to help young people better protect themselves. We also added a few more for good measure.
Hacker blackmailed 350 women into stripping on their webcams, FBI says
The FBI has arrested a 27-year-old man, who they claim hacked the accounts of Facebook users, and coerced hundreds of women into stripping while he watched via Skype.
Learn more about this case, and a history of other hackers who have spied on their victims via webcams.
Counterattack! Suspected hacker caught on HIS WEBCAM, while spying on Georgia
The Georgian government's CERT (Computer Emergency Response Team) claims it has linked an internet attack to Russia's security services, and even turned the tables on a hacker it believes was involved by secretly taking over his computer and taking video footage of him.
Mac malware spies on infected users through video and audio capture
After further analysis, more information has emerged about the Morcut Mac OS X malware which was discovered this week.
Man who tricked women into taking hacked webcams into shower is jailed
It's jail for a 21-year-old Californian man who tricked female victims into taking their spyware-infected laptops into the shower with them.
Thousands of secretly-taken still images and videos were found on Trevor Harwell's computer.
'Peeping Tom' webcam blackmailer jailed for six years
A man who hacked into over 100 computers, and used personal information stolen from them to extort sexually explicit videos of young women and teenage girls, has been sentenced to six years in prison.
Woman sues after firm tracking stolen laptop records nude video chats
Imagine the scene: you buy a second-hand laptop and use it to, among other things, have secret sexy video chats with your significant other. Unbeknownst to you, naked photos of you are being taken by a company hired to track down the stolen laptop.
Ouch.
Apple webcam spyware artist investigated by Secret Service
The US Secret Service has confiscated computer equipment from a Brooklyn artist who installed webcam spyware on computers at two New York Apple stores.
Peeping Tom tricked women into taking hacked webcams into shower, claim police
A 20-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly infecting young women's Mac computers with spyware that could commandeer their webcam.
Dad catches daughters on webcam: Beware viral Facebook video link
Facebook is being hit by another viral message, spreading between users' walls disguised as a link to a saucy video.
The messages, which are spreading rapidly, use a variety of different links but all claim to be a movie of a dad catching his daughters making a video on their webcam.
Facial recognition software that blurs your sensitive data when you're not looking at it
A product called "PrivateEye" uses your computer's webcam to identity your face. While you're looking at the screen, PrivateEye's facial recognition software knows not to do anything - but as soon as you look away, the contents of your screen become an unintelligible blur.
Webcam cyber-sextortionist preyed on over 200 women
The FBI wants to find more victims of a hacker accused of spying on more than 200 women via their webcams, after infecting their computers with malware.
Father catches daughter on her webcam? It's a Facebook survey scam
It might seem like the title of a rather seedy porn movie, but the truth is that a message spreading virally across Facebook about a father catching his daughter on her webcam is actually designed to make money for scammers. Read more…
'Peeping Tom' arrested for webcam blackmail attack spree
FBI agents have arrested a man accused of hacking into more than 100 computers, and using personal information stolen from them to extort sexually explicit videos of young women and teenage girls. 31-year-old Luis Mijangos, of Santa Ana, California, was Read more…
Anti-peeping webcam protects your privacy
I've discussed before the problem of perverts and cyberstalkers using malware to grab control over their victims' webcams , in order to secretly spy upon people in their bedrooms. On occasions, hackers have exploited the technology to blackmail young women Read more…
Spammers promote adult webcam sites via Imeem
The social media website Imeem allows its members to share videos, podcasts, photos and blog entries with each other, but it's also being exploited by spammers to spread their unwanted messages too. Here's an email which arrived in the inbox Read more…
BBC film of remote Trojan horse attack
A couple of months ago, the BBC broadcast a film that many people believe showed them breaking the law, by accessing the computers of unsuspecting members of the public without their permission in order to demonstrate how easy it was Read more…
Another man accused of "Peeping Tom" webcam hack
Yesterday, Sophos published a story about a 47-year-old Cypriot man who has been jailed for four years after being found guilty of spying on a young woman via her webcam. Having infected her laptop with a spyware Trojan horse the Read more…
Alleged webcam peeping tom charged in Canada
Working in the computer security industry does mean from time-to-time that we come across some pretty unpleasant stories from the internet underworld. In the past we've told you about the lowlives who have preyed upon young women via webcams, using Read more…
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