Well, they took very little of what I said, and played up the voyeur aspect
(I told them webcams were not that big a worry, but drive by bot installs
were). Also, I'm currently now being hired as a pentester, so the part about
me being hired to break into other boxes is not quite accurate. Still, it
could have been worse:

http://www.whas11.com/home/Eyes-on-you-Beware-Internet-hackers-on-your-webcam-92464624.html



Thanks,
Adrian


On Sun, Mar 28, 2010 at 7:00 PM, Adrian Crenshaw <[email protected]>wrote:

> Mick and Robin, Thanks. Russ, I'm looking into Espia now.
>
>
> Adrian
>
> On Sat, Mar 27, 2010 at 1:43 PM, Butturini, Russell <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Meterpreter plus the espia plugins would probably make for a good demo.
>>
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>> *Subject*: [Pauldotcom] Tips for not looking stupid on TV?
>>
>>       I'm guessing the reported just did a Google search for Louisville
>> and hacking and came up with me. He basically asked " I’m writing to see if
>> you would like to help me with a story we’re doing. It is about a hole in
>> Microsoft security in Internet Explorer that allows hackers to spy on people
>> through their webcams.  Is it possible? How does it work? And can you show
>> us for the purposes of a story?" I was not aware of anything specific to
>> webcams and IE, but he sent me a clipping and I think he was basing it on
>> this:
>>
>> http://www.youtube.com/user/MichaelSias#p/u/11/8DtgG58aIBw
>>
>> I told him:
>>
>> 1. Looks like they are relating it to Operation Aurora.
>>
>> 2. It's not really Web cam specific, any vulnerability that say it allows
>> for "arbitrary code execution" could do the same thing.
>>
>> 3. Most of the buzz seems to be talking about IE 6, which it pretty out of
>> date. However, some corporations still run int because it it what their
>> webapps support.
>>
>> 4. The specific vulnerability is CVE-2010-0249 and code for the exploit
>> can be found here:
>> http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/11167
>>
>> 5. Microsoft has release a patch for it:
>> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms10-002.mspx
>>
>> 6. If a user is silly enough to run a random exe a website/email/p2p
>> network gives them, they will likely get "owned" regardless of the whither
>> on not there is an exploit.
>>
>> 7. There are programs out their that can be used to monitor others. An
>> exploit that allows for "arbitrary code execution" can install one in
>> theory, but so could a snooping significant other.
>>
>> 8. Google hacking/Google dorks are always fun. Basically, people put
>> devices on an Internet facing LAN that should not. Beside webcams, you can
>> also fine printers and other devices. Try these Google searches:
>>
>> intitle:"Live View / – AXIS"
>> inurl:/cgi/ieng
>> inurl:hp/device/this.LCDispatcher
>>
>> Or a big list from here:
>> http://www.hackersforcharity.org/ghdb/?function=summary&cat=18
>>
>>
>> Any tips on how to best deal with the media? Is there a webcam related IE
>> exploit out there I'm not aware of, or is is just a case of "one of the
>> things people can do with arbitrary code execution"?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Adrian
>>
>>
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