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Subject: [ISN] Banking malware spies on victims by hijacking webcams, microphones, researchers say
From: InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews ! org>
Date: 2012-05-23 11:34:56
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https://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9227387/Banking_malware_spies_on_victims_by_hijacking_webcams_microphones_researchers_say
By Lucian Constantin
IDG News Service
May 22, 2012
A new variant of SpyEye malware allows cybercriminals to monitor
potential bank fraud victims by hijacking their webcams and microphones,
according to security researchers from antivirus vendor Kaspersky Lab.
SpyEye is a computer Trojan horse that specifically targets online
banking users. Like its older cousin, Zeus, SpyEye is no longer being
developed by its original author, but is still widely used by
cybercriminals in their operations.
SpyEye's plug-in-based architecture allows third-party malware
developers to extend its original functionality, Kaspersky Lab malware
researcher Dmitry Tarakanov said in a blog post on Monday. This is
exactly what happened with the new webcam and microphone spying feature,
which is implemented as a SpyEye plug-in called flashcamcontrol.dll,
Tarakanov said.
As suggested by the DLL's name, the malware accesses these two computer
peripherals by leveraging Flash Player, which has webcam and microphone
control functionality built in.
[...]
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