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Technology@beehaw.org · 1 个月前

Automated Sextortion Spyware Takes Webcam Pics of Victims Watching Porn

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Automated Sextortion Spyware Takes Webcam Pics of Victims Watching Porn

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Technology@beehaw.org · 1 个月前

A new specimen of “infostealer” malware offers a disturbing feature: It monitors a target's browser for NSFW content, then takes simultaneous screenshots and webcam photos of the victim.

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So how does this work exactly?

“Pay up or we tell everyone that you watch porn”
- Scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech
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  Exactly that
- knokelmaat@beehaw.org
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  There is a difference between telling and putting videos on the internet of you masturbating.
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    That only works if you masterbate while watching porn.
- Deyis@beehaw.org
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  Blackmail can be very lucrative.

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