Posted by samzenpus
An anonymous reader writes:
Joe Greenwood, of cyber security firm 4Armed, recently gave a live demonstration of some of Hacking Team's leaked spyware to the BBC.
Tracking Bitcoin payments, recording audio from the microphone of a locked device, and secretly gaining control of an infected phone's camera are just a few of the software's capabilities.
The BBC reports: "Both Mr Greenwood and 4Armed's technical director, Marc Wickenden, said they were surprised by the sleekness of the interface. Both point out, though, that customers could be paying upwards of $1,560,710.40 for the software and would expect it to be user-friendly, especially if it was intended for use by law enforcers on the beat.
For the tracked user, though, there are very few ways of finding out that they are being watched. One red flag, according to Mr Greenwood, is a sudden spike in network data usage, indicating that information is being sent somewhere in the background.
Experienced spies, however, would be careful to minimize this in order to remain incognito."
An anonymous reader writes:
Joe Greenwood, of cyber security firm 4Armed, recently gave a live demonstration of some of Hacking Team's leaked spyware to the BBC.
Tracking Bitcoin payments, recording audio from the microphone of a locked device, and secretly gaining control of an infected phone's camera are just a few of the software's capabilities.
The BBC reports: "Both Mr Greenwood and 4Armed's technical director, Marc Wickenden, said they were surprised by the sleekness of the interface. Both point out, though, that customers could be paying upwards of $1,560,710.40 for the software and would expect it to be user-friendly, especially if it was intended for use by law enforcers on the beat.
For the tracked user, though, there are very few ways of finding out that they are being watched. One red flag, according to Mr Greenwood, is a sudden spike in network data usage, indicating that information is being sent somewhere in the background.
Experienced spies, however, would be careful to minimize this in order to remain incognito."