[Year 12 IT Apps] School District Pays $610, 000 to Settle Webcam Spying Lawsuits

[Mark KELLY]

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/10/webcam-spy-settlement/

In related news from 2004...

"The Rbot-GR worm ("Peeping Tom") spreads via network shares, exploiting
Microsoft security vulnerabilities and installing a backdoor Trojan as it
travels. Once infected, remote access can be gained to the PC's hard drive,
as well as remote activation of any connected webcam or microphone.

If your computer is infected and you have a webcam plugged in, then
everything you do in front of the computer can be seen, and everything you
say can be recorded."

(More info at
http://www.esecurityplanet.com/trends/article.php/3399211/Worm-Uses-Webcams-to-Spy-on-Users.htm
)

-- 
Mark Kelly
Manager Information Systems
Reporting Manager
IT Learning Area Manager

McKinnon Secondary College
McKinnon Rd McKinnon 3204
Victoria, Australia
Direct line / Voicemail: +613 8520 9085
Fax +613 9578 9253
kel at mckinnonsc.vic.edu.au

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