Police Nab Creator of Webcam Trojan

very scary, can record you via your webcam

[walkman]

"The hacker can install a keystroke logger that records confidential information such as banking passwords, as well as accessing personal photos and other sensitive information stored on computers. What's more, it gives the hacker the ability to operate a Webcam connected to the computer, and to view and record anything in the camera's field of vision."

"As far as they know, no commercial antivirus products are able to detect it, they say."

[story.news.yahoo.com...]

[Essex_boy]

Hang him

[snowman]

Because they have not identified which Trojan horse the suspect allegedly created, antivirus companies cannot say definitively whether or not they are able to detect it, says Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant for Sophos.

Won't a form of "Habeas Corpus" apply here?

They caught him spying but cannot identify the tool employed? That's like a person being shot, minus the gun, then arresting a passer-by who came too close.

I think he might get off due to this technicality.

[grelmar]

They'll turn his computer over to some software forensics guys, and pull his hard drive apart bit by bit.

He'll do time.

(side note - ever have a day where you keep typing "ph" instead of "f" for no good reason?)

[vincevincevince]

(side note - ever have a day where you keep typing "ph" instead of "f" for no good reason?)

Not personally, but I think it's a common affliction with those who enjoy a day out fishing. There's been a lot of bad press about them recently :-S

[limbo]

Hang him

Harsh, but fair :)

[walkman]

"They caught him spying but cannot identify the tool employed? That's like a person being shot, minus the gun, then arresting a passer-by who came too close. "

That's becuase they don't know yet what the program is. The cops have it. If you're in Spain and you have a video of someone in Australia and the program that can do that, it's different from the scenario you posted.

In this case they found the gun in your apartment, along with the info on the victim and surveillance tapes. By checking his computer and ISP records they can find out anything.

[Markie]

If he was the creator of the trojan,i dont think hes dumb enough to leave any strings attached to him..and as far as all the keylogger,and getting to see the guys personal info,pictures,videos etc,pretty much most trojans do that,and if he was the creator of the trojan,which he probly was since its a "webcam trojan" of corse the any anti-virus would'nt detect it.