One of the fears of users of Laptop or cu Webcam incorporated is that of being spied without their news just through that web-cam, when they use computers personal. Unfortunately for them, their fear is not even without basis, considering that over the years there have been all kinds of malware-uri who managed to do this fixed: SA spy on Windows users through web rooms connected to the system. And the even worse news is that at present such a malware He succeeded infects over half a million computers All over the world and continue to shake their heads with users' vulnerabilities.
BlackShades Remote Access Tool (or briefly Blackshades RAT) is a type of malware dear the pemi hackers on steal personal data of users with infected computers, SA Intercept the keys used and use Webcams computers to register users without knowing them. In addition, Blackshades can be used to crypt SI and block the files from the infected computers so that then claim a certain the amount of money for unlocking to them.
Since 2010 until now, several thousand people who are intended to have cumparat this malware, BlackShades RAT generating fish income 3500$. Fortunately one of the Malware programmers, Michael Hogue, who pleaded guilty to New York after his 2012 arrest, cooperates with Fbi-ul to stop its spread. The other co-creator of Blackshades, Alex Yucel, was arrested in Moldova in November 2013, and is to be extradited to the US for the trial. FBI also announced that Another 97 other malware users were arrested, suspect and distribute its children for prices varying between 40$ and 100$. The low price of malware has made it popular among hackers and, since its launch online, several more variant its circulating on internet under other names.
The information tightened so far by the FBI have driven this month to over 359 homes in fish 13 European countries (Austria, Belgium, UK, Croatia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Moldova, Holland and Switzerland), where the police confiscated weapons, drugs, money and over 1000 data storage devices. In a previous investigation related to BlackShades, German police arrested an 18 -year -old who used this malware To record the photo and over 2000 women located in front of the web cameras, without their knowledge.
STEALTH SETTINGS – BlackShades malware infected more than half-million computers world-wide
