Chinese Ghostnet
Posted on March 31, 2009, under Current Events, Technology.
Everyone in normal IT is focused on Conficker right now, but the news on a Chinese Ghostnet is pretty fascinating:
…is controlled by computers almost exclusively located in China and has infected 1295 computer in 103 countries in the last two years…
They report that, not only can the espionage software monitor email and documents on infected computers, it can also control a PC remotely, switching on any cameras or microphones attached to it, to carry out surveillance of its surroundings.
Creepy.
Dad on April 2, 2009
Wow, I had not thought about the cameras and microphones. That is pretty scary. We watched a news segment showing everything you did on an infected machine being recorded to a remote machine. But this takes it another level.